William Falconer Quotes

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• The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
• A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly,…
• The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the other articles, however…
• Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of…
• 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…
• The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a…
• Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations…
• The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known.
• The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend,…
• The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain…
• The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by…
• Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.
• Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in…
• The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility…
• Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated…
• The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance…
• 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 whereever…
• The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.
• I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice,…
• The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.

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