'And then the fifth was that truly royal and well-beloved captain, the Captain Patience. His standard-bearer was Mr. Suffer- long, and for a scutcheon he had three arrows through a golden heart.' Three arrows through a golden heart! Most eloquent, most impressive, and most instructive of emblems! First, a heart of gold, and then that heart of gold pierced, and pierced, and then pierced again with arrow after arrow. Patience was the last of Emmanuel's pickt graces. Captain Patience with his pierced heart always brought up the rear when the army marched. But when Captain Patience and Mr.英文原著 · 《Bunyan Characters-3》
"Shove off," said the captain; and they fell astern. But Cooper, with a boat-hook, hooked on to the long-boat; and the dying ship towed them both. Five minutes more elapsed, and the captain did not come down, so Wylie hailed him. There was no answer. Hudson had gone into the mate's cabin. Wylie waited a minute, then hailed again. on deck there!"
"Hullo!" cried the captain, at last. "Why didn't you come in the cutter?"
The captain crossed his arms and leaned over the stern.英文原著 · 《Foul Play》
Percy sat down to cool and rest himself. With his experience of the ways of men, he felt no surprise at the marked contrast between Captain Bervie's face and Captain Bervie's manner. "He has seen us waltzing, and he is coming back to pick a quarrel with me." Such was the interpretation which Mr. Linwood's knowledge of the world placed on Captain Bervie's politeness. In a minute or two more the Captain returned to the refreshment-room, and satisfied Percy that his anticipations had not deceived him.英文原著 · 《LITTLE NOVELS》
My personal staff was then composed of Captain J. McCoy, aide-de-camp; Captain L. Dayton, aide-de-camp; Captain J. Audenried, aide-de-camp; Brigadier-General J. Webster, chief of staff; Major R. Sawyer, assistant adjutant-general; Captain Montgomery Rochester, assistant adjutant-general. These last three were left at Nashville in charge of the office, and were empowered to give orders in my name, communication being generally kept up by telegraph.英文原著 · 《Memoirs of General William T. Sherman-2》
"I had known the captain in Rangoon. My husband was in business there - an exporter of rice - and Captain Fraser-Freer came often to our house. We - he was a charming man, the captain - "Go on!" ordered Hughes. "We fell desperately in love," said the countess. "When he returned to England, though supposedly on a furlough, he told me he would never return to Rangoon. He expected a transfer to Egypt. So it was arranged that I should desert my husband and follow on the next boat. I did so - believing in the captain - thinking he really cared for me - I gave up everything for him.英文原著 · 《The Agony Column》
And your bald head. Do they belong to Captain Fraser?"
"No, no," said Mr Shorter, laughing, "we provide them ourselves. They don't belong to Captain Fraser."
"What the deuce does all this mean?" I almost screamed. "Are you all in an infernal nightmare? Why should Mr Shorter's bald head belong to Captain Fraser? How could it? What the deuce has Captain Fraser to do with the affair? What is the matter with him?英文原著 · 《The Club of Queer Trades》