| James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pągines
...release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He said, " 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." [Aug. 31. 1773.]... | |
| James Boswell - 1851 - 410 pągines
...to continue in it longer than nine months, after which time he got off. — JOHNSON : " Why, sir, no man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a gaol ; for being in a ship is being in a gaol, with the chance of being drowned." We had tea in the... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pągines
...sailor was esteemed by him the most dreadful that could be suffered, and he loudly declared that " no man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to...being in a jail with the chance of being drowned." In this Johnson availed himself of the favor of Dr. Smollet, who at once wrote to the celebrated John... | |
| James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pągines
...release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He said, " 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." (Aug. 31, 1773.)... | |
| James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pągines
...release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He once said, " No he king of Prussia, the only great king at present,...of England who was a man of parts, was social ; a [August 31. 1773.] And at another time, " A man in a jail has 4 Dr. Robert Vansittart, of the ancient... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 828 pągines
...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 an accumulation of darkness, noisomeness,... | |
| James Boswell - 1860 - 496 pągines
...release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He said, " 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." (Aug. 31, 1773.)... | |
| esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pągines
...is not properly a general one ; but whether one or the other is best for my son. — Johnson, 291. BEING in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.— 308. THE only way to make a pig go forward is to pull him back by the tail.— 388. EITHER yesterday... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pągines
...wound. Great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger. A SHIP COMPARED TO A JAIL. No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. SPENDING MONEY. No money is... | |
| John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pągines
...struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? Ibid. An. 1755. Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. ibid. An. 1759. The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to... | |
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