...himself into a jail ; for being in a 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."4 The letter was as follows : " Chelsea, March 16, 1739. "DEAR SIR, " I AM again your petitioner,...

...Johnson often enlarged upon the wretchedness of a sea-life. ' Why, Sir,' said he, ' no man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself...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...

...get himself into a jail ; for being in a 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.' The letter was as follows : — 'Chelsea, March 16, 1759. ' DEAR SIR, 'I am again your petitioner,...

...a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He said, " No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself...jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."6 The letter was as follows : "Chelsea, March 16, 1759. " DEAR SIR, — I am again your petitioner,...

...state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He once said,* " No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself...more room, better food, and commonly better company." 3 The letter was as follows : "Chelsea, 16th March, 1759. " DEAR SIR, " I am again your petitioner,...

...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 to get himself...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,...

...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 to get himself...being in a jail with the chance of being drowned." pastry. Dr. Johnson maxie her a present of a book which he had bought at Inverness.1 The room had some...

...a state of life of which Johnson always expressed the utmost abhorrence. He said, " No man will be to give such accounts as I can gather. Be pleased...JOHNSON." CHAPTER XLIV.— 1780. WHILE Johnson was thus § The letter was as follows :— ' * Dr. Robert Vansittart, of the ancient and respectable fr.miiy...

...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,...

...said, " Here's our friend. The poor doctor would have been happy to hear of this." ' Ante, iii. 183. a jail ; for, being in a 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 drest,,...