 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 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...Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He once said,* " No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...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... | |
 | Garboard Streyke - 1884 - 136 pages
...mark as I used to think when he said, " No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get him into a jail, for being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned." THE END. LONDON PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE. I CELEBRATED TRAVELS... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 400 pages
...man of an enlarged mind ; but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind." 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." Speaking of old maids,... | |
 | Henry John Webber - 1885 - 90 pages
...of insanity. " No man," said he, " 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." If all Englishmen sympathised with him in this respect, where would England be ? If people were to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...wall, but he has refused me. And I have clapped my hands till they are sore, at Dr. King's speech2.' His negro servant, Francis Barber, having left him,...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned3.' And at another time, 'A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company4.'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 pages
...ed. 1692, p. 188. Johnson often enlarged upon the wretchedness of a sea-life. ' Why, Sir,' said he, ' no man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough...being in a jail with the chance of being drowned.' — Boswell's Life of Johnson, v. 137. P. 58, 1. 23. naval. Johnson defines naval as ' 1. consisting... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pages
...of that name in Berkshire. He was eminent for learning and worth, and much esteemed by Dr. Johnson. he has refused me. And I have clapped my hands till...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."6 The... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pages
...procuring his 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...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." 3... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pages
...procuring his 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...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." 3... | |
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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. 
