Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the ground, and enable us to distance our fellow-travelers.
But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every booth there was a roast pig, large or … - Frederick Marryat
But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every booth there was a roast pig, large or …
- Frederick Marryat
White lies are ushers to black ones. - Frederick Marryat
White lies are ushers to black ones.
All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white li… - Frederick Marryat
All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white li…
There's no getting blood out of a turnip. - Frederick Marryat
There's no getting blood out of a turnip.
Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the g… - Frederick Marryat
Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the g…
Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river. - Frederick Marryat
Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river.
There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe. - Frederick Marryat
There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe.
The English will agree with me that there are plenty of good things for the table in America; but the old proverb says: 'God sends meat and the devil… - Frederick Marryat
The English will agree with me that there are plenty of good things for the table in America; but the old proverb says: 'God sends meat and the devil…
If I cannot narrate a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess: and, if I do not rise in the estimation… - Frederick Marryat
If I cannot narrate a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess: and, if I do not rise in the estimation…
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