To be sure Billy's action was
a terrible breach of naval decorum discipline .
But in that decorum discipline he had never been
instructed; in consideration of which the
lieutenant would hardly have passed it over been so energetic thought nothing more of it
had it not been in reproof but for the concluding
farewell to the ship. This he rather took
as meant to convey a covert sly sally on
Billy the captive's new recruit's part , a sly sally slur as to against a sly slur
at impressment in general, and that
of himself in especial. satire And yet,
more likely, if satire it was in effect, it
was hardly so by intention, for Billy tho'
happily endowed with the gayty gayety gayety of
high health, & youth , yuth, youth, and a free heart,
was yet by no means of a caustic cau satirical turn.
The will to it and the mental sinister sinister dexterity dexterity
were alike wanting. And to To deal in double
meanings and serpentine insinuations of
any sort was quite foreign were was equally absolutely foreign to his xx nature.
a terrible breach of naval decorum discipline .
But in that decorum discipline he had never been
instructed; in consideration of which the
lieutenant would hardly have passed it over been so energetic thought nothing more of it
had it not been in reproof but for the concluding
farewell to the ship. This he rather took
as meant to convey a covert sly sally on
Billy the captive's new recruit's part , a sly sally slur as to against a sly slur
at impressment in general, and that
of himself in especial. satire And yet,
more likely, if satire it was in effect, it
was hardly so by intention, for Billy tho'
happily endowed with the gayty gayety gayety of
high health, & youth , yuth, youth, and a free heart,
was yet by no means of a caustic cau satirical turn.
The will to it and the mental sinister sinister dexterity dexterity
were alike wanting. And to To deal in double
meanings and serpentine insinuations of
any sort was quite foreign were was equally absolutely foreign to his xx nature.
To be sure Billy's action was
a terrible breach of naval decorum discipline .
But in that decorum discipline he had never been
instructed; in consideration of which the
lieutenant would hardly have passed it over been so energetic thought nothing more of it
had it not been in reproof but for the concluding
farewell to the ship. This he rather took
as meant to convey a covert sly sally on
Billy the captive's new recruit's part , a sly sally slur as to against a sly slur
at impressment in general, and that
of himself in especial. satire And yet,
more likely, if satire it was in effect, it
was hardly so by intention, for Billy tho'
happily endowed with the gayty gayety gayety of
high health, & youth , yuth, youth, and a free heart,
was yet by no means of a caustic cau satirical turn.
The will to it and the mental sinister sinister dexterity dexterity
were alike wanting. And to To deal in double
meanings and serpentine insinuations of
any sort was quite foreign were was equally absolutely foreign to his xx nature.
a terrible breach of naval decorum discipline .
But in that decorum discipline he had never been
instructed; in consideration of which the
lieutenant would hardly have passed it over been so energetic thought nothing more of it
had it not been in reproof but for the concluding
farewell to the ship. This he rather took
as meant to convey a covert sly sally on
Billy the captive's new recruit's part , a sly sally slur as to against a sly slur
at impressment in general, and that
of himself in especial. satire And yet,
more likely, if satire it was in effect, it
was hardly so by intention, for Billy tho'
happily endowed with the gayty gayety gayety of
high health, & youth , yuth, youth, and a free heart,
was yet by no means of a caustic cau satirical turn.
The will to it and the mental sinister sinister dexterity dexterity
were alike wanting. And to To deal in double
meanings and serpentine insinuations of
any sort was quite foreign were was equally absolutely foreign to his xx nature.
Transcribed by: John Bryant