Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality. — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The sacred lamp of day Now dipt in Western clouds his parting day. — William Falconer Copy Share Image
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges. — William Falconer Copy Share Image
Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the other articles,… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
