Oh for women at sea to obviate the eternal crosscat-harpings,' he said to himself, 'to do away with the grumlinfuttocks, and to inject a little civilization, even of an equivocal nature, even at the risk of moral deviation.

“...looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this …”

“Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.”

“I do not like to sound discontented neither,' said Pullings, 'nor to crab any s…”

“To tell the truth, sir, I believe I had rather sit in the shelter for a while. …”