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 VegaMots clés 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 ValentineMots clés 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.
Mots clés 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 MelvilleMots clés 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
Mots clés history wwii sea maritime ships ww2 submarine royal-navy naval
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