"We have this morning dropped anchor, just off…" — William John Wills
"We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown."
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William John Wills
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23 Quotes by William John Wills
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They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund,…
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At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to…
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Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.
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I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that,…
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I do not like Melbourne in its present state.
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I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher…
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I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact,…
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Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things…
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The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.
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What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and…
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You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I…
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Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.
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More Anchor Quotes
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We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
— David Brinkley
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We all have our convictions formed by different things, and mine are informed by my faith, they're informed by the…
— Kirk Cameron
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For me, my family and my faith have been what's really been my anchor, and grounding me, and helping me…
— Kirk Cameron
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To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel…
— Emile M. Cioran
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My mother is everything to me. She's my anchor, she's the person I go to when I need to talk…
— Demi Lovato
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Like mighty eagle soaring light. O'er antelopes on Alpine height. The anchor heaves, the ship swings free, The sails swell…
— Thomas Lovell Beddoes
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What an anchor is to a ship, hope is to the soul. Both ships and souls are kept safe by…
— June Hunt
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How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.
— Antonio Machado
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Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them…
— Ulysses S. Grant
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A babe is a mother's anchor.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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