"As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me…" — Joshua Slocum
"As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first."
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25 Quotes by Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum has 25 quotes on this site.
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About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for…
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And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say…
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Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came…
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If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be…
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Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.
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They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet…
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I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he…
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Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!
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To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. The tales of rough usage are for the most part…
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Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead.
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To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy…
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My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still…
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More Charmed Quotes
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I'll seek a four leaved shamrock in all thy fairy dells, And if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how…
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The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how…
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It is thus that you may lead a charmed life and be forever protected from all harm; it is thus…
— Charles F. Haanel
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Any day alive in this world is a charmed life.
— Mark Donaldson
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I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the…
— John Stuart Mill
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When I was 15, I left school to start a magazine, and it became a success because I wouldn't take…
— Richard Branson
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How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!
— Mark Twain
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I've lived a charmed life. I've been very lucky. God has been very kind to me.
— Unknown Author
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I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I…
— Jennifer Garner
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I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A…
— Rik Mayall
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
— Larisa Oleynik
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But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate, Longing to see the…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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