...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...

...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...

...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...

...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....

...master kindly interested himself in procuring his release from a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He once said,* "...; 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...

...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...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,...

...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...; 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...

...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...

...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,...

...tree generous which sheds its fruit at every breeze. — Journal. November n. Bos well's Collectanea. 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. — Journal. August...