It turns out that the Danish gunboats are rather better than ours. They draw less water and carry heavier ordnance and the results are not at all pretty. (Bernard Cornwell)

It turns out that the Danish gunboats are rather better than ours. They draw less water and carry heavier ordnance and the results are not at all pretty.

Bernard Cornwell

Related topics

carry danish draw heavy less ordnance pretty water

Related quotes

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains. View quote
Lloyd Alexander
In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to their measure. View quote
Jacques Maritain
In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert? View quote
Manuel Puig
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. View quote
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. View quote
Miguel de Cervantes