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The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a... →
Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost... →
The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.
Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.
The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which... →
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and... →
The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.
The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own... →
Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a... →
Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than... →
Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be... →
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