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David Garrick
Hearts of oak are are ships, Hearts of oak are our men.
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David Garrick
Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men.
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Henry J. Newboldt
Now the sunset breezes shiver, And she's fading down the river, But in England's song forever She's the Fighting Temeraire.
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Jan Hugh van Linschoten
The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with Wodden Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens.
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Jan Hugh van Linschoten
The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with Wodden Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens.
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Lysander
Lysander when handing over the command of the fleet to Callicratidas, the Spartan, said to him, "I deliver you a fleet that is mistress of the seas.
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Old Saying
Tell that to the Marines--the sailors won't believe it.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores Of all that bore to victory Our stout old Commodores.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores Of all that bore to victory Our stout old Commodores.
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Sir William Blackstone
The royal navy of England has ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
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William S. Gilbert
Now landsmen all, whoever you may be, If you want to rise to the top of the tree, If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool, Be careful to be guided by this golden rule-- Stick close to your desks and never go to sea, And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee.
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