Starboard and port: the "Nettie" along shore (1876)
Hepworth, George H. (George Hughes), 1833-1902 · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 28
then anotherparcel, which did not appear to enjoy its proximity toits neighbor, started off from the top of the pile, as asmall avalanche from a mountain-top, and slid down tothe sidewalk, bringing up with such a force that thepaper burst, and half the contents were spilled. Thesmall boy behind me,… … the nineties, it was more than human patience couldbear; so, objurgating that steward in a mild set of epi-thets which were more indicative of sorrow than ofanger, I sat down on the doorstep of a warehouse, withthe impression that all inanimate things are totally de-praved. Just then a troop of…
