“But then, I have not fared as ill as I might.”
“Your uncle’s, leastways. Let me present myself. I am called Peter Blood, and I am worth precisely ten pounds. I know it because that is the sum your uncle paid for me. It is not every man has the same opportunities of ascertaining his real value.”
A slave is a slave, and has no power to shape his fate.
“Justice is the concern of every loyal subject, for an injustice committed by one who holds the King’s commission is in some sense a dishonour to the King’s majesty.”
“My business, my lord, was with his wounds, not with his politics.”
There were two pairs, and they belonged to the Misses Pitt, two amiable, sentimental maiden ladies who yielded to none in Bridgewater in their worship of the handsome Monmouth.
looked over his shoulder to take stock of the invaders.
“Quo, quo, scelesti, ruitis?”
