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Frederick Marryat quotes: credulity and superstition are close friends

credulity and superstition are close friends

Frederick Marryat quotes: here I am, after having been a warrior and a prince, cook, steward and everything else, boiling kettle for de young gentlemen.

here I am, after having been a warrior and a prince, cook, steward and everything else, boiling kettle for de young gentlemen.

Frederick Marryat quotes: There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe.

There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe.

Frederick Marryat quotes: ... the sea defrauds many an honest undertaker of his profits.

... the sea defrauds many an honest undertaker of his profits.

Frederick Marryat quotes: Thus did Jack Easy make the best use that he could of his strength, and become, as it were, the champion and security

Thus did Jack Easy make the best use that he could of his strength, and become, as it were, the champion and security

Frederick Marryat quotes: it is an old saying, that you must not work a willing horse to death.

it is an old saying, that you must not work a willing horse to death.

Frederick Marryat quotes: In the course of crime ... the descent is rapid.

In the course of crime ... the descent is rapid.

Frederick Marryat quotes: There's no getting blood out of a turnip.

There's no getting blood out of a turnip.

Frederick Marryat quotes: Every man paddles his own canoe.

Every man paddles his own canoe.

Frederick Marryat quotes: There is an old saying, that there is honour amongst thieves, and so it often proves.

There is an old saying, that there is honour amongst thieves, and so it often proves.

Frederick Marryat quotes: Women are riddles - I only argued upon the common sense of the thing.

Women are riddles - I only argued upon the common sense of the thing.

Frederick Marryat quotes: The pen is a poor exchange for the long-barreled gun." "It does more execution, nevertheless,

The pen is a poor exchange for the long-barreled gun." "It does more execution, nevertheless,

Frederick Marryat quotes: Come, my men! never say die while there's a shot in the locker.

Come, my men! never say die while there's a shot in the locker.

Frederick Marryat quotes: White lies are ushers to black ones.

White lies are ushers to black ones.

Frederick Marryat quotes: It's just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.

It's just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.

Frederick Marryat quotes: ... secrecy adds a charm to an amour ...

... secrecy adds a charm to an amour ...

Frederick Marryat quotes: I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

Frederick Marryat quotes: - to wit, 'the sweat of the brow.

- to wit, 'the sweat of the brow.

Frederick Marryat quotes: Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river.

Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river.