 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 - 1900 - 546 страници
...you see the utmost extremity of human misery: such crouding, such filth, such stench I" Bos WELL. " Yet sailors are happy." JOHNSON. " They are happy...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 - 1901 - 502 страници
...yet it is strange. As to the sailor, when you look down from the quarterdeck to the space below, yon see the utmost extremity of human misery : such crowding,...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 - 1904 - 1590 страници
...the quarter deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crouding, SCOTT. 'But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired ?' JOHNSON. 'Why yes, Sir, in a collective... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 страници
...the quarter deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crouding, such filth, such stench !' BOSWELL. 'Yet sailors are...sensuality. But, Sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors ha§L the dignity of danger. Mankind reverence those who have got over fear, which is so general a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 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...BOSWELL : "Yet sailors are happy." JOHNSON : " They arc happy as brutes are happy, with a piece of fresh meat—with the grossest sensuality. But, Sir,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...is as red as blood."— BOSWELL. 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 1" JOHNSON : '' Why yes, Sir, in a collective... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 548 страници
...space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery: such crouding, such filth, such stench I" BOSWELL. «' Yet sailors are happy." JOHNSON. " They...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... | |
 | William Ritchie Sorley - 1911 - 168 страници
...dethrone the Czar,' a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is universal. . . . The profession of soldiers and sailors has the dignity...have got over fear, which is so general a weakness." . Courage has been often represented as rather a physical quality than a moral virtue. But the difference,... | |
 | Horace West Household - 1917 - 210 страници
...again in his conversations. In 1778 he said one day, " When you look down from the quarter-deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crowding, such filth, such stench." One of those who were talking with him replied, " We find people fond-of being sailors." " I cannot... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 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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