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“Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly, Though winds blew great guns, still he 'd whistle and sing; Jack loved his friend, and was true to his Molly, And if honour gives greatness, was great as a king.”
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- Source:
- The Sailor's Consolation.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c90756c859c4914a92a26a24a799700c0c7798efa06296e842c94a7a0e0a57bc
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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