 | 1902 - 698 pages
...in Johnson's works, but in Boswell's "Life," under date of March 16, 1759. "No man," said Johnson, "will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." Seventeen years later (March 18, 1776) Boswell records: "He took occasion to enlarge, as... | |
 | 1903 - 654 pages
...Neb. It is in Boswell's Life. You will find it there under date of March 16, 1759. Johnson said "Xo man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." On this subject he felt keenly and frequently recurred to it. Thus on March 18, 1776. Boswell... | |
 | Leslie Cope Cornford - English essays - 1903 - 384 pages
...traveller in a malarious country. It is easy enough to understand the opinion of Dr. Johnson : 1 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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...supposed, but with his own consent, it appears from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq., from Dr. Smollet, possible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. drowned V And at another time, 'A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1905 - 870 pages
...Johnson hated the sea, as the devil is said to hate holy water. " No man will be a sailor," said he, " who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being in a ship is being in jail, with the chance of being drowned." Yet here he was, exposing himself to the tempestuous seas... | |
 | 1905 - 654 pages
...spirits and weak nerves? 542 543 Another of his oddities was an intense dislike to being upon the water. 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 jail, with the chance of being drowned." Notwithstanding his... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - United States - 1907 - 354 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...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...ship is 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).... | |
 | English literature - 1909 - 304 pages
...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...ship is 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... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 196 pages
...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...ship is 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... | |
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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. 
