 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 388 pagina’s
...malarious country. It is easy enough to understand the opinion of Dr. Johnson: "Why, sir," he said, "no man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail." You would fancy any one's spirit would die out under such an accumulation of darkness, noisomeness,... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pagina’s
...Ships that sailed for sunny isles, But never came to shore. r. THOS. HERVEY — The Devits Progress. 41 s. SAM'L JOHNSON — BoswelVs Life of Johnson. An. 1759. And the wind plays on those great sonorous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pagina’s
...not chuse to continue longer than nine months, after which time he got off. JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, no man will be a sailor, who has contrivance enough to...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." We had tea in the afternoon, and our landlord's daughter, a modest civil girl, very neatly drest, made... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pagina’s
...a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." J And at another alousy." March 16, 1759. "DEAR SIR, " I am again your petitioner, in behalf of that great CHAM || of literature,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pagina’s
...jail ; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. "b And at another time, " A man in a jail has more room, better food,...company."* The letter was as follows : « Chelsea, March 16, 1759. " DEAR SIR, — I am again your petitioner, in behalf of that great chum4 of literature... | |
 | Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 308 pagina’s
...is a collection of books. 1 6. The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. 17. Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. 18. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step toward knowledge. 19. The winds and waves... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 pagina’s
...months, after which time he got off JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, no man will be a sailor who has COD trivunce enough to get himself into a jail ; for, being in...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." We had tea in the afternoon, and our landlord's daughter, a modest, civil girl, very neatly dressed,... | |
 | Peter D. Jeans - 1993 - 456 pagina’s
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned'. 
