With this idea, being a man with long experience of the sea (and they certainly have a great advantage over other men in any sort of task)...
Garcilaso de la VegaTags: sea maritime oceans sailing
The soul, they say, is divine and the flesh is iniquity. But I am a musician and I ask this - without the wood and the strings of the violin, where would the sonata find form?
Kathleen ValentineTags: romance maritime love-story maritime-stories
I phoned the Admiral back.
'It's no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.'
There was a short pause on the end of the line then his voice rattled into life like a sabre.
'They're lying, Tim!'
'What?'
'The French Navy must by law speak English, as English is the international maritime language of the sea.'
'Has anyone told the French that?'
The line went dead for a moment before he thundered, 'Yes Nelson. At the battle of Trafalgar.'
I tried to stifle an irresistibly British giggle not knowing if the Admiral was making a joke or not. I got it right. He was serious.
Tags: communication humour language maritime nautical navy the-french french-navy
[T]hen all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.
Herman MelvilleTags: time sea ocean maritime immensity
The dangers of the sea should always take precedence
over the violence of the enemy’
Rear-Admiral Ben Bryant CB, DSO and two bars, DSC
Tags: history wwii sea maritime ships ww2 submarine royal-navy naval
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