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Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) QUOTES

Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3) QUOTES

1 " I should have known better, of course. Whenever I’m feeling up to the mark and congratulating myself, some fearful fate trips me headlong, and I find myself haring for cover with my guts churning and Nemesis in full cry after me. "

― George MacDonald Fraser , Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

2 " the idyll was marred by the appearance round the southern headland of a small, waspish-looking vessel, standing slowly out on a course parallel to our own. It happened that I saw her first, and drew my commander’s attention to her with a sailor-like hail of: “Jesus! Look at that!” Spring "

― George MacDonald Fraser , Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

3 " Now, in my experience there is only one way to fight a ship, and that is to get below on the side opposite to the enemy and find a snug spot behind a stout bulkhead. "

― George MacDonald Fraser , Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)

4 " Oh, the holy satisfaction of the godly—when it comes to delight in cruelty I’m just a child compared to them "

― George MacDonald Fraser , Flash for Freedom (The Flashman Papers #3)