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“And then, all of a sudden, he stopped, and his jaw dropped as though he had remembered something. "The score!" he burst out. "Three goes o' rum! Why, shiver my timbers, if I hadn't forgotten my score!" And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. I could not help joining; and we laughed together, peal after peal, until the tavern rang again.”

Humour Treasure Island Long John Silver

Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

“Ah, said Silver, it were fortunate for me that I had Hawkins here. You would have let old john be cut to bits, and never given it a thought, doctor. 'Not a thought,' replied Dr. Livesey cheerily.”

Humor Long John Silver

Book:Treasure Island

Source: Treasure Island

“I'm cap'n here by 'lection. I'm cap'n here because I'm the best man by a long sea-mile. You won't fight, as gentlemen o' fortune should; then, by thunder, you'll obey, and you may lay to it! I like that boy, now; I never seen a better boy than that. He's more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house, and what I say is this: let me see him that'll lay a hand on him--that's what I say, and you may lay to it.”

Pirates Treasure Island Long John Silver Jim Hawkins

Book:Treasure Island

Source: Treasure Island

“As I was waiting, a man came out of a side room, and at a glance I was sure he must be Long John. His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and under the left shoulder he carried a crutch, which he managed with wonderful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird. He was very tall and strong, with a face as big as a ham—plain and pale, but intelligent and smiling. Indeed, he seemed in the most cheerful spirits, whistling as he moved about among the tables, with a merry word or a slap on the shoulder for the more favoured of his guests.”

Long John Silver

Book:Treasure Island

Source: Treasure Island

“And he took another swallow of the brandy, shaking his great fair head like a man who looks forward to the worst.”

Long John Silver

Book:Treasure Island

Source: Treasure Island

“You may lay to that.”

Catchphrase Long John Silver

Book:Treasure Island

Source: Treasure Island

“Per uno come me, che viene chiamato nemico dell'umanità dal re e dal parlamento, o terrorista dai papisti, non è possibile invertire la rotta. Ci sono solo due vie, per chi vuole vivere da essere umano con qualche senso finché non muore. Una è mantenere la rotta. L'altra è farsi impiccare. Altri vie non esistono a meno che non ci si voglia nascondere per il resto dei propri giorni, costantemente preoccupati per la propria pelle, senza osare fidarsi di nessuno. L'amnistia, dirai tu. Ci sono i pirati che hanno approfittato dell'amnistia. Certo, dico io, ma che genere di vita hanno fatto poi? Sua Maestà può anche concedere l'amnistia e la grazia, è vero, ma lo fa la gente comune? E quelli che hanno i soldi?”

Long John Silver Björn Larsson

Book:La vera storia del pirata Long John Silver

Source: La vera storia del pirata Long John Silver