But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my cou… - Patrick O'Brian

My God, oh my God," he said. "Six hundred men.

Come," he said, taking her by the hand and leading her to a distant sopha, "come and sit by me, and let us talk of bats.

... He is not very sharp in some ways; and in his simple view of the world, paederasts are dangerous only to powder-monkeys and choir boys, or to those epicene creatures that are to be found in Mediterranean brothels. I made circuitous attempt at enlightening him a little, but he looked very knowing and said, 'Don't tell me about rears and vices; I have been in the Navy all my life.'