The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3
Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...

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The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 by George Augustus Sala

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The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3
Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...

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utterly, as the most cowardly, Dishonest, and unworthy Method to which a Man can resort that he may rid himself of his Difficulties. To make a loathsome unhandsome corpse of yourself, and deny yourself Christian Burial, nay, run the risk of crowner's quest, and interment at the meeting of four cross-roads with a Stake driven through your Heart. Oh, 'tis shameful! Hang yourself, forsooth! why should you spend money in threepenny cord, when Jack Ketch, if you deserve it, will hang you for nothing, and the County find the rope? Take poison! why, you are squeamish at accepting physic from the doctor, which may possibly do you good. Why, then, should you swallow a vile mess which you are certain must do you harm? Fall upon your sword, as Tully--I mean Brutus--or some of those old Romans, were wont to do when the Game was up! In the first place, I should like to see the man, howsoever expert a fencer, who could so tumble on his own blade and kill himself. 'Tis easier to swallow a sword than to fall upon on