Quote#Death
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest —
Quote byRobert Louis Stevenson · 1850–1894
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Treasure Island (1883), Ch. 1, The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow..
English (original)
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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