Chapter

 1 VII   |            said before, that nothing short of an overt act of madness
 2 XII   |          endeavour to do my duty.”~A short time afterwards he sent
 3 XIV   |         ground; the mizen-mast snaps short off level with the deck,
 4 XVI   | satisfactorily. After retiring for a short time to calculate the result;
 5 XX    |           much so that it was little short of a miracle that the whole
 6 XXVIII|        garments about it, with a few short prayers the body of the
 7 XXXII |         greatest deprivation was the short supply of water, for, as
 8 XXXIII|             His sharp dry cough, his short breathing, his profuse perspirations,
 9 XXXV  |          before it should be snapped short off. One gust caught away
10 XXXVI |              hours; but even in that short space of time what an irreparable
11 XL    |            hat, the rims of caps, in short, anything that contained
12 XLI   |             occur. Curtis said a few short prayers, and we cast the
13 XLIII |             to anger that was little short of madness. How it was that
14 XLIV  |          were consulted, and after a short conversation, during which
15 XLIV  |             be landed on the raft. A short sharp snap was heard. The
16 XLV   |              realized; for in a very short time, Dowlas, with a shout