"I am like a mariner born and bred……" — Mikhail Lermontov
"I am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to storm and strife that if cast ashore he would weary and languish no matter how alluring the shady groves and how bright the gentle sun."
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Mikhail Lermontov
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