"Lubber" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I ride, My Lady, at his Lordship's side, How will I laugh at all I meet Clattering in pattens down the street! And Lobbin then I'll mind no more, Howe'er I lov'd him heretofore; Or, if he talks of plighted truth, I will not hear the simple youth, But rise indignant from my seat, And spurn the lubber ...
— The Children's Garland from the Best Poets • Various
... fluttering about the rack, and at last perched upon the cradle. "The live stock got loose'" shouted Essper. "and the breeze getting stiffer every instant! Where is the captain? I will see him. I am not one of the crew: I belong to the Court! I must have cracked my skull when I fell like a lubber down that confounded hatchway! Egad! I feel as if I had been asleep, and been dreaming I was ...
— Vivian Grey • The Earl of Beaconsfield
... be issued, it is hoped, from Whitehall (the French being supplied by the Lords of the Admiralty in conjunction) to all the musical Naval Captains in command at Portsmouth. The graceful nature of the intended compliment cannot escape the thickest-headed land-lubber:— ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 22, 1891 • Various
... heave Old Cuff out of the top for?" said the first one of the larboard watch, whose head came through the "lubber's hole." ...
— An Old Sailor's Yarns • Nathaniel Ames
... together!" said Jeph. "Our house burnt by those accursed sons of Belial, all broken up, and only a lubber like you to help! No, Goody Grace or some one will take in the girls for what's left of the stock, and you can soon find a place—a strong fellow like you; Master Blane might take you and make a smith of you, if you be not ...
— Under the Storm - Steadfast's Charge • Charlotte M. Yonge
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