 They are happy as brutes are happy, with a piece of fresh meat, — with the grossest sensuality. But, sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors has the dignity of danger. Mankind reverence those who have got over fear, which is so general a weakness.  Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson - Страница 252по Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 323 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 страници
...space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crouding, such filth, such stench2!' BOSWELL. 'Yet sailors are happy.' JOHNSON. ' They...danger. Mankind reverence those who have got over fear3, which is so general a weakness.' SCOTT. ' But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired?'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 страници
...space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crouding, such filth, such stench2!' BOSWELL. 'Yet sailors are happy.' JOHNSON. 'They are...danger. Mankind reverence those •who have got over fear3, which is so general a weakness.' SCOTT. ' But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired?'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 страници
...from the quarter-deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery: such crouding, such filth, such stench !" BOSWELL. " Yet sailors...have got over fear, which is so general a weakness." SCOTT. "But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired ?" JOHNSON. " Why yes, Sir, in a collective... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 страници
...is universal : yet it is strange. As to the sailor, when you look down from the quarter-deck to the e that knowledge which I shall attain, to thy glory and my own salvation, for Jesus Christ's sake. ! " BUSWELL : " Yet sailors are happy." JOHNSON : "They are happy as brutes are happy, with a piece... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Walter Morris - 1893 - 534 страници
...and dethrone the Czar," a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is universal. Sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors has the...have got over fear, which is so general a weakness. The great doctor was right. Courage is at the root of all worth. The late Edward Fitzgerald, a literary... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1893 - 524 страници
...and dethrone the Czar," a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is universal. Sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors has the dignity of danger. Mankind reverence those whohave got over fear, which is so general a weakness. The great doctor was right. Courage is at the... | |
 | William Powell James - 1894 - 264 страници
...dethrone the Czar," a man would be ' ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the im' pression is universal. Sir, the profession 'of soldiers and sailors has the...got over fear, which is so general a ' weakness.' The great doctor was right. Courage is at the root of all worth. The late Edward Fitzgerald, a literary... | |
 | William Powell James - 1894 - 264 страници
...dethrone the Czar," a man would be ' ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the imi 'pression is universal. Sir, the profession ' of soldiers and sailors has...the dignity of ' danger. Mankind reverence those who i ' have got over fear, which is so general a i ' weakness.' The great doctor was right. Courage is... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1903 - 368 страници
...drawbacks incidental to life on shore. " When you look down," he said, " from the quarter-deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery; such crowding, such filth, such stench." 2 It would be more profitable, (so Cartwright declared,) to be taken prisoner for a few months, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 страници
...is universal : yet it is strange. As to the sailor, when you look down from the quarter-deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human...have got over fear, which is so general a weakness." SCOTT : "But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired?" JOHNSON : " Why yes, Sir, in a collective... | |
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