McCoy: That shark's been following us ever since the surgeon died, waiting for the burial. Couldn't I have a musket to shoot it, s...ir? Fletcher Christian: Take the deck, McCoy. I'll get the keys to the arms chest. McCoy: Get two muskets, sir. I'd like to shoot that shark on board.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath, I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base,... And speed glum heroes up the line to death,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep searched with saucy looks;... Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,... Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain, Ascend to heaven in honour of my love.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself g...et good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It's a rare parent who can see his or her child clearly and objectively. At a school board meeting I attended . . . the only defin...ition of a gifted child on which everyone in the audience could agree was "mine."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »