Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell

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Boats

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1773 1770s 18th century

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Writer

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 21 Aug. 1773.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides." A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, edited by Jack Lynch and Celia Barnes. Oxford University Press, 2021.

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Source
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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, written by James Boswell. Vol. 1, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, "1770," aetat. 61.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Thomas Paine

The American Crisis

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Source
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Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1777 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The American Crisis: Number 4. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1777.

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Paine, Thomas. "The American Crisis, Number IV, September 12, 1777." Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution. Library of America, 2015.