Meanings of corsican boy in English

The Corsican boy's first desire was to be a sailor.

But circumstances did not appear favorable, but contrariwise seemed to bo roused in enmity against the poor Corsican boy.

And the stern lips of the Corsican boy parted only to reply, "I always do what I undertake!"

A Corsican boy, from childhood moody, fond of adventure, inclined to deception, had attempted suicide several times before he was twenty years old.