 | 1795 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...he got off. — Johnson. " Why, Sir, no man will " be a sailor, who has contrivance enough to get <t himself into a jail ; for, being in a ship is being ** in a jail with the chance of being drowned.'?. ?r Bower t Tour to tbe Hebrides, £. rjr. ... . ^ : , KAVAL DESrOTISM. 37! 01 . •'- •... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 648
...supposed, but with his own consent, it appears from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq., from Dr. Smollet, that his master kindly interested himself in procuring...ship is 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'.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...supposed, but with his o\yn consent, it appears from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq. from Dr. Smollet, that his master kindly interested himself in procuring...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." 8 And at another time, " A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 640
...supposed, but with his own consent, it appears from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq., from Dr. Smollet, that his master kindly interested himself in procuring...ship is 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'.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...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...ship is 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...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...ship is 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... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 660
...procuring his release from a state of life which he regarded with abhorrence. " No man," he said, " will be a sailor, who has contrivance enough to get...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." f It appears from Smollett's correspondence with Mr Wilkes, that " the great Cham of literature... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...pressed, as had been supposed, but with his own conBent, it appears from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq. from Dr. Smollett, that his master kindly interested...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." And at another time, " A mau in a jxil has more room, better food, and commonly better company."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...from Dr. Smollett, tjiat his master kindly interested himself in procuring his release from a etate of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost...sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a ¡ail ; for being in a ship is being in • jail, with the chance of being drowned," And at another... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...pressed, as has been supposed, but with his own consent, it appears from a letter to John Wilkes, Esq. from Dr. Smollett, that his master kindly interested...ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." 3 1 Dr. Robert Vansittart, of the ancient and respectable family of that name in Berkshire.... | |
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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. 
