"Davy Jones" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to tremble with passion as he held up a black thing that had been tucked under his coat, "this invention I took off our rudder post when I rowed 'round to see what they'd been up to. It's a dirty bomb, fixed to start us off for Davy Jones's Locker sometime tonight, sir!" ...
— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris
... good! We didn't reach Davy Jones's locker that time, did we? Though why we didn't, an' why we're here, is more'n I ...
— The Scarecrow of Oz • L. Frank Baum
... you are not even an occupant; you are contents. You are a cargo at sea, and the "cherub that sits up aloft" has Davy Jones's ...
— The Four Million • O. Henry
... had fizzled out like a damp squib. Absolutely afraid to risk the remaining boats in operations that would certainly end in their being unceremoniously conveyed to Davy Jones's locker, the German Admiralty had dispatched them to the Mediterranean, where, under the Austrian flag, they attempted, at first with a certain degree of success, to ...
— The Submarine Hunters - A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War • Percy F. Westerman
... want to be kind to you, seeing how bad you've been. I thought one day you were going to Davy Jones's locker, as ...
— Fitz the Filibuster • George Manville Fenn
... boat would live but wi' keel uppermost. I'se not the chap to go to Davy Jones tonight pickled i' brine, ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby
... to-night. I am sorry that you will have to remain with me against your wishes, but you will admit that I am not responsible for your coming aboard. In fact, if you will pardon the allusion to the little accident back there, you are very lucky to be where you are and not tucked away in Davy Jones' locker. I shall consider you my guests and you may have the free run of the ship, but it will be impossible for you to leave it until we reach port. Make the best of the situation, boys. It has been forced ...
— A Voyage with Captain Dynamite • Charles Edward Rich |
