"Gunroom" Quotes from Famous Books
... their long knives or daggers. When all these principal persons were down below in the gun-room, all our people being armed and in readiness, and dispersed in different parts of the ship, some on deck, some between decks, and others in the gunroom, to arrest and disarm the traitors; and when the concerted signal was given, this was instantly accomplished, to their great ... — A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr
... calling me an impudent youngster," continued Martin, "and all that sort of thing—and he tried to set the other fellows against me. Oh, it isn't all jam in the Royal Navy! You haven't left school when you go there, and the gunroom isn't always just exactly paradise, you know! And if your seniors try to make it ... — Brave and True - Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others • George Manville Fenn |