I had an idea that the midshipman's life was made up mainly of jolly larks ashore and afloat, with plenty of athletics to keep us from ever feeling dull.
And get jolly well trounced for our impudence," grimaced Midshipman Hepson.
Why, Belle, when I was a few years younger, and first began to dream about going to the Naval Academy I had a mental picture of a very jolly life, in which we sailed the seas and absorbed our knowledge.
He could do a jolly sight less for me and still be more generous than most people's fathers.
He's a stunner, a jolly sight more sensible than you, Chris.
Jolly like Jim," he ruminated, "but a swell toff, I reckon.
They took to him at once, but he remained just the good-natured, jolly acquaintance of the first day, never more, if never less.
How jolly of you to be so punctual," he cried, greeting them warmly.
Well, I think it was jolly hard lines on him to have to be a soldier at all, if he didn't like it.
It must be jolly exciting having a temper like that," he said, thoughtfully.
It's jolly rough on a fellow to have to do just what comes along whether he's fit for it or not.
Jolly well never," insisted the waster; "not for anything a dentist-fellow could manage.
So jolly were they with their songs and laughter that he followed them a little way to where they sat under a tree and drank turn by turn from a bottle.
Then the trail ended, and Jolly Roger's scent led into the pathless forest, with its shifting streams and pools of moonlight, its shadows and black pits of darkness.
Hold out one hand, please--" The manacle snapped over Jolly Roger's wrist.
She was staggering, and short of wind, when she came to the ford, and when she saw the whirl and rush of water ahead of her she remembered what Jolly Roger had said about the flooding of the creek, and her eyes widened.
The two men began to tug at the sledge, and Jolly Roger seized the rope between them, wondering why there were no dogs, and faced the driving of the storm.
For several minutes after that last swift movement of Jolly Roger's, Peter lay where his master had left him, his eyes fairly popping from his head in his eagerness to see what was happening.
To Jolly Roger, in the face of its possible tragedy, there was a deep-seated humor in the situation.
In an instant, looking down upon her, Jolly Roger saw what Peter had not discovered, and he stopped in his tracks, his heart thumping like a hammer inside him.
We laughed and had a jolly time over the dukes and the counts; the rest of the rabble we did not give even a small-lettered title to.
The father of the family was a big, jolly old man.
He is a jolly little man, with an ambitious round stomach, a benevolent face covered with a Vandyke beard, and a shining bald head.
If we do not live a long life, it is at least a jolly one,' is our motto and certainly they gave it most faithful allegiance.
They all knew that when the voiture had been unloaded and all had fallen to and assisted the young couple in straightening out their new home, there would be a jolly celebration in the nearest café at the moving artist's expense.
They hold the three tables but one from the kitchen, on one side, and they are a jolly crowd, the actresses particularly.
Ah, what a jollynight it was, and a louis d'or in her purse besides!
There had been hundreds of deaths from drinking in that township since 1853; and of all the jolly companions who used to meet at the Red Lion, the only one remaining was the proprietor of Twistle Farm.
He may have found it so jolly easy to play policeman down in Victoria, that he couldn't resist another shot in a better cause up here.
There are those that look a jolly sight smaller, and'll have a worse hump than mine for the rest of their born days!
What jolly times you girls must be having," said Mrs. Tracy.
At home there are so many of us, and no maid at all, you know, and we have awfully jolly times, really.
At an angle of the walls are the "Dee Mills," as old as the Norman Conquest, and famous in song as the place where the "jolly miller once lived on the Dee.
He was described as "nearly six feet high, strong and lusty made, jolly and ruddy in the face, with a large nose.
When their repast was ended, the little gentleman read over the list of the young Wags, and smilingly observed, "A jolly set of them!
And, in return, you shall tell me if London is still in the same place, and as wicked and pleasant as ever; and how it fares with old George Clinton, and all the jolly Warwickshire lads.
Here likewise the king and "ye jolly blades enjoyed dauncing, feasting, and revelling, more resembling a luxurious and abandoned route than a Christian court.
Ruth and Alice, with Russ and Paul, also remained and had a jolly good time, making friends with some of the country girls and boys.
So far as Hugh and his chums could see, they were a jolly crowd, laughing and carrying on as though they did not have a care in the wide world.
And they made things as jolly for me as ever they could, right up to the moment I left.
It's the jolly times on shore that appeal to me, as much as any seafaring.
Me stop indoors and write a lot of rotten letters on a jolly morning like this, when I want to go around my property, and set everything and everybody to rights, and swagger about and enjoy myself!
I spent many jolly weeks in the island, staying with friends up country.
Isn't it jolly to feel the sun again, soaking into one's bones!
