“Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps draw a picture, or write a book, to serve himself! Pray, sir, in what capacity did you serve in this vessel?” Sea StoriesRevolutionary War Book:The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea Source: The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
“Now Mr. Green was so completely a star of a confined orbit, that his ideas seldom described a tangent to their ordinary revolutions.” Sea Stories Book:Homeward Bound Source: Homeward Bound
“Mr. Dodge, you have the high consolation of knowing that, throughout this trying occasion, you have conducted yourself in a way no other man of the party could have done.” Sea Stories Book:Homeward Bound Source: Homeward Bound