1. Billy Budd (Full)
  2. Chapter 29
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77 332 342 the ^ present extraordinary necessities of the service have
caused to be admitted into it . in
considerable numbers
77 The enormity of the
crime and the extreme depravity of the
criminal, appear the greater in view
of the character of the victim, ^ a ^ middle-aged man
a middle-aged man eminently respectable, sober and and discreet,
belonging to that minor ^ official grade, in the
the petty-officers, upon whom, as service, the petty officers ? and his Majesty 's navy upon which, as one
upon whom as none know better than the commissioned
officers, gentlemen, the efficiency of the service His Majesty's navy
so considerably largely depends . — the petty
officers. His function was a an ^ onerous and responsible
one; ^ at once onerous & thankless and his fidelity in it the more greater
greater marked because of the ^ peculiar earnestness of
his a strong patriotic loyal
impulse
that signalize signalizing him trait in him,
77 332 342 the ^ present extraordinary necessities of the service have
caused to be admitted into it . in
considerable numbers
77 The enormity of the
crime and the extreme depravity of the
criminal, appear the greater in view
of the character of the victim, ^ a ^ middle-aged man
a middle-aged man eminently respectable, sober and and discreet,
belonging to that minor ^ official grade, in the
the petty-officers, upon whom, as service, the petty officers ? and his Majesty 's navy upon which, as one
upon whom as none know better than the commissioned
officers, gentlemen, the efficiency of the service His Majesty's navy
so considerably largely depends . — the petty
officers. His function was a an ^ onerous and responsible
one; ^ at once onerous & thankless and his fidelity in it the more greater
greater marked because of the ^ peculiar earnestness of
his a strong patriotic loyal
impulse
that signalize signalizing him trait in him,

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