The String of Pearls (1850), p. 713

was thrown to the cabin floor with considerable violence, and had no easy task to rise again.
"No!" cried Todd, finding that positive fright lent him strength, "you do not mean that?"
"Mean what, you old sinner?"
"That we shall be lost?"

TODD SEIZES THE COLONEL'S HORSE, MOUNTS, AND MAKES ANOTHER ESCAPE.{Figure}

The man nodded, and having opened a little cupboard, he brought out a little bladder of spirits, and placing it to his lips, he drank a large quantity, while he held by the cupboard door to keep himself from falling.
"That will do," he said, as he dropped the bladder to the floor, and then, after several unsuccessful efforts to do so, he scrambled upon deck again.