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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'. "
Beyond Aberdeen: A Bluejacket Diary - Page vii
by Steven Stoker - 2004 - 458 pages
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The Era Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 10

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 himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." Seventeen years...
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Essay-writing for Schools a Practical Exposition of the Principles of this ...

Leslie Cope Cornford - English essays - 1903 - 384 pages
...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,...
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The Era Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 11

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 get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." On this subject...
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Life of Johnson, Volumes 1-2

James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...his release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He said, ' life.' But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances, an a jail ; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned V And at another...
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Methodist Magazine and Review, Volume 62

1905 - 654 pages
...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...himself into jail; for being in a ship is being in jail, with the chance of being drowned." Notwithstanding his harsh exterior there must have been something...
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 6

Robert Louis Stevenson - Scottish literature - 1906 - 490 pages
...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,...
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A Modern English Grammar

Huber Gray Buehler - English language - 1906 - 334 pages
...collection of books. 1 6. The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. v* 17. Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being 1 8. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step toward knowledge. 19. The winds and waves...
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From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life

Alfred Thayer Mahan - United States - 1907 - 354 pages
...much with them, and know that it is a profession with little prospect." Then he quoted Dr. Johnson: "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...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...
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Giuseppe Baretti: With an Account of His Literary Friendships and Feuds in ...

Lacy Collison-Morley - Authors, Italian - 1909 - 404 pages
...thought with Johnson that "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 " ; and on another occasion he declared that " a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly...
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Selections from the Works of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1909 - 562 pages
...horror of the life at sea. ' 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.' ' A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company' (Life 1. 348). See passage...
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