Knipperhausen in his drugs.
[1] Dutch courage is courage that results from indulgence in Dutch
gin or Hollands; here applied to the gin itself.
Thus, then, did these three worthies embark in their cockleshell of
a skiff upon this nocturnal expedition, with a wisdom and valor
equaled only by the three wise men of Gotham,[1] who adventured to
sea in a bowl. The tide was rising and running rapidly up the
Sound. The current bore them along, almost without the aid of an
oar. The profile of the town lay all in shadow. Here and there a
light feebly glimmered from some sick chamber, or from the cabin
window of some vessel at anchor in the stream. Not a cloud
obscured the deep, starry firmament, the lights of which wavered on
the surface of the placid river, and a shooting meteor, streaking
its pale course in the very direction they were taking, was
interpreted by the doctor into a most propitious omen.
[1] "Three wise men of Gotham,
They went to sea in a bowl--
And if the bowl had been stronger,
My tale had been longer."
Mother Goose Melody.
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