 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...supposed, but with his own consent, it appears, from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq., from Dr. Smollett, that his master kindly interested himself in procuring...which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. Ho said, ' Xo man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...an home. I wish I could give it you. I am, my dear Sir, " Affectionately your's, " SAM. JOHNSON."1 He now refreshed himself by an excursion to Oxford,...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned."1' And at another time, "A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."«... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...obtain a discharge ; for Johnson abhorred the very imagination of a sailor's life. " No man," he said, " will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get...the chance of being drowned." And at another time he added, " A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company." The influence... | |
 | G. Cameron - 1874 - 404 pages
...to gain my esteem, and his mode of treating his son was by no means calculated to honour. CHAPTER X. "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being in a ship u being in a jail, with a chance of being drowned." — Da. JOHNSON. By sunrise the next morning I... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1875 - 324 pages
...JOHN HOLDSWORTH: CHIEF MATE. JOHN HOLDSWORTH: CHIEF MATE. Jl §torg, in BY THE AUTHOR OF "JILTED." - ' No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...being in a jail with the chance of being drowned."— Dr. Johnson. VOL. III. Qan'ben: SAMPSON LOW, MAESTON, LOW, & SEAELE, CROWN BUILDINGS, FLEET STREET.... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1875 - 282 pages
...JOHN HOLDSWORTH: CHIEF MATE. JOHN HOLDSWORTH: CHEF MATE.Storg, in <3Thm BY THE AUTHOR OF "JILTED." "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...being in a jail with the chance of being drowned." — Dr. Johnson. VOL. I. SECOND EDITION. SAMPSON LOW, MABSTOJST, LOW, & SEABLE, CEOWN BUILDINGS, FLEET... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pages
...supposed, with his own consent, it appears, from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq., from Dr. Smollett, that his master kindly interested himself in procuring...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 - Authors, English - 1880 - 488 pages
...supposed, but with his own consent, it appears from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq., from Dr. Smollett, that his master kindly interested himself in procuring...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.)... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 pages
...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... | |
 | Cyril Church - 1883 - 854 pages
...for they have 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... | |
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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. 
