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

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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 · 1773

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

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