 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1907 - 354 páginas
...Then he quoted Dr. Johnson: "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned"; and further to overwhelm me, he clinched the saying by a comment of his own. " In a ship of war you... | |
 | 1909 - 304 páginas
...abounds in surprises. There is a delightful touch of surprise in his comparison of a ship to a jail. ' No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.' And again, ' A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.' The same dislike... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 páginas
...firsthand, paints them vividly in Roderick Random. Johnson always had a horror of the life at sea. ' No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.' ' A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company' (Life 1. 348). See passage... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 páginas
...of that name in Berkshire. He was eminent for learning and worth, and much esteemed by Dr. Johnson. he has refused me. And I have clapped my hands till...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.'" And at another time, " A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company." 0... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 196 páginas
...abounds in surprises. Q There is a delightful touch of surprise in his comparison of a ship to a jail. ' No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.' And again, ' A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.' The same dislike... | |
 | Stanley V. Makower, Basil H. Blackwell - 1913 - 614 páginas
...traveller in a 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,... | |
 | Lewis Worthington Smith - 1916 - 312 páginas
...traveler in a 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 anyone's spirit would die out under such 30 an accumulation of darkness, noisomeness,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 606 páginas
...thrice, which I had disused for many years. I have proposed to Vansittart, climbing over the wall, but he has refused me. And I have clapped my hands till...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.' And at another time, 'A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.' The... | |
 | Horace West Household - 1917 - 210 páginas
...Johnson could never understand why any man should go to sea. " No man will be a sailor," he said once, " who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." Another time he said, " A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company." And... | |
 | Stephen McKenna - 1917 - 496 páginas
...acceptable companions with money and leisure to spare, answered my invitation in Dr. Johnson's words: "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...himself into a jail: for being in a ship is being in jail with a chance of being drowned. ... A, man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly... | |
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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. 
