 Seamen in general that whatever you give them out of the common way — altho' it be ever so much for their good — it will not go down, and you will hear nothing but murmurings against the Man that first invented it; but the moment they see their superiors...  Blackwood's Magazine - Side 4891928Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Arthur Kitson - 1907 - 596 sider
...much as they pleased, or none at all ; but this practice was not continued above a week before I found necessary to put every one on board to an allowance,...that whatever you give them out of the common way, although it be ever so much for their good, it will not go down, and you will hear nothing but murmurings... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1913 - 430 sider
...tempers and dispositions of seamen in general that whatever you give them different in any way, although it be ever so much for their good, it will not go down, and you will hear nothing but murmurings against the man who invented it. But the moment they see their superiors... | |
 | Kenneth J. Carpenter - 1988 - 304 sider
...option of the men either to take as much as they pleased or none at all; but . . . before a week 1 found it necessary to put every one on board to an allowance, for . . . whatever you give seamen out of the common way, although it be ever so much for their good yet... | |
 | J. C. Beaglehole - 1992 - 828 sider
...longitude was 12o°54' W. either to take as much as they pleased or none atall ; but this practice was not continued above a week before I found it necessary...board to an Allowance, for such are the Tempers and disposissions of Seamen in general that whatever you give them out of the Common way, altho it be ever... | |
 | Alan Frost - 1999 - 244 sider
...it to the option of the Men either to take as much as they pleased or none atall; but this pratice was not continued above a week before I found it necessary to put every one on board to an Allowance. Theft was a serious problem on bo. --d ship. As Nicholas Rodger has put it: 'Because ^hips were 57... | |
 | William Galvani - 1999 - 236 sider
...upon the Calling of a good Seaman. A Naval Repository, 1762 ...such are the tempers and disposissions of Seamen in general that whatever you give them out of the Common way although it be ever so much for their good yet it will not go down with them and you will hear nothing... | |
 | Joan Druett - 2001 - 292 sider
...it to the option of the Men either to take as much as they pleased or none at all; but this practice was not continued above a week before I found it necessary...board to an Allowance, for such are the Tempers and disposissions of Seamen in general that whatever you give them out of the Common way, altho it be ever... | |
 | Tony Horwitz - 2003 - 500 sider
...fanatical zeal, and with a keen grasp of sailors' psychology. "Such are the Tempers and disposissions of Seamen in general that whatever you give them out of the Common way," he wrote, "it will not go down with them and you will hear nothing but murmurings." At first, the sailors... | |
 | Alan Gurney - 2007 - 338 sider
...it to the option of the Men either to take as much as they pleased or none atall; but this practice was not continued above a week before I found it necessary...board to an Allowance, for such are the Tempers and disposissions of Seamen in general that whatever you give them out of the Common way, altho it be ever... | |
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