Captain James Cook

Famous quotes containing the words captain, james and/or cook:

    “I would not knock old fellows in the dust
    But there lay Captain Carpenter on his back
    His weapons were the old heart in his bust
    And a blade shook between rotten teeth alack.”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    “It’s a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “Though language forms the preacher,
    ‘Tis “good works” make the man.”
    —Eliza Cook (1818–1889)