 | James Boswell - 1900 - 562 σελίδες
...much esteemed by Dr. Johnson. B. He was Professor of Civil Law at Oxford, and Recorder of Windsor. state of life of which Johnson always expressed the...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned " (Journal of a 'Tour to the Hebrides). And at another time, " A man in a jail has more room, better... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 σελίδες
...from Dr Smollett, that his master kindly interested himself in procuring his release from a state ot Then they differ as to the Church. The Tory is not...mankind : the Whig is for limiting and watching the J And at another time, "A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company." §... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 526 σελίδες
...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...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned."3 And at another time, " A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 σελίδες
...months, after which time he got off JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, no man will be a sailor who has COD trivunce enough to get himself into a jail ; for, being in...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,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1901 - 252 σελίδες
...traveller in a 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,... | |
 | 1902 - 698 σελίδες
...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...being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." Seventeen years later (March 18, 1776) Boswell records: "He took occasion to enlarge, as he often did,... | |
 | 1903 - 654 σελίδες
...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...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 reports... | |
 | Leslie Cope Cornford - 1903 - 384 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...and much esteemed by Dr. Johnson. 232 THE GREAT CHAM OF LITERATURE [1759 climbing over the wall, but ittle to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain V And at another time, 'A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company V The... | |
 | 1905 - 870 σελίδες
...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... | |
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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. 
