Famous quotes containing the words captain, james and/or cook:
“The night was thick and hazy
When the “Piccadilly Daisy”
Carried down the crew and captain in the sea;
And I think the water downed ‘em;
For they never, never found ‘em,
And I know they didn’t come ashore with me.”
—Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)
“I am blackly bored when they are at large & at work; but somehow I am still more blackly bored when they are shut up in Holloway & we are deprived of them.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“‘Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancybrig,
And a bos’sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain’s gig!”’”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
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