 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pàgines
...into a jail; for being in a ship is 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."—Boswell. He said, "I am willing to love all mankind, except an American;" and his inflammable... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 pàgines
...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.)... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 pàgines
...The more a man extends and varies his acquaintance, the better." "No man will be a sailor," he said, "who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being on a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned ; " and at another time, " A man in... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 pàgines
...that carried by his opinion, considered going to sea a species of insanity.* " No man," said he, " will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." The great lexicographer knew Fleet Street better than he did the fleet, and his opinion, as expressed... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pàgines
...struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? An. 1755. Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. An. 1759. The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the liigh-road that leads him to England.... | |
 | Cyril Church - 1883 - 854 pàgines
...lost the civility of traders without acquiring the manners of gentlemen." Of sailors he said — " 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." There are many sayings... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 pàgines
...choose 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...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pàgines
...release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He once said,* " No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to...; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the 1 Lord Stowell informs me that he prided himself in being, during his visits to Oxford, accurately... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 722 pàgines
...release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He once said,4 " No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to...; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the 1 Lord Stowell informs me that he prided himself in being, during his visits to Oxford, accurately... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pàgines
...may quote me for it, that there are more gentlemen in Scotland than there are shoes." No man will be 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. In ridicule of Percy's Hermit of Warkworth, he submitted these... | |
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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'. 
