I sew his ears on from time to time, sure.
For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...
The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.
... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room
For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it.
No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.