“Come all you thoughtless young men, a warning take by me And never leave your happy homes to sail the raging sea.” — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Since the sheets were half-flown the sails instantly split at the seams, the maintopsail shaking so furiously that the masthead must have… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“It was an operation that Dr. Maturin had carried out at sea before, always in the fullest possible light and therefore on… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Hollom was going forward along the larboard gangway: Nagel, an able seamen but one of the most sullen, bloody-minded and argumentative of… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
