"Playa" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... as a ghost, covered with mud, and torn by thorns and briers, nearly naked, and begged for a crust of bread, saying he had neither eaten nor slept for three days. Here was the great Mr. Russell, who a month before was "Don Tomas,'' "Capitan de la playa,'' "Maestro de la casa,'' &c., &c., begging food and shelter of Kanakas and sailors. He stayed with us till he had given himself up, and was dragged off ...
— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana |
