Nov 3, 2023
"I have sea foam in my veins, I understand the language of waves"
- Le testament d'Orphée by Jean Cocteau, 1960
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"I have sea foam in my veins, I understand the language of waves"
- Le testament d'Orphée by Jean Cocteau, 1960
A scene of magnificence and importance, not of common occurrence, and not often equaled on the ocean- upwards of 50 sail of the line viewing each other, and preparing to pour out their thunder destructive of the human species, which would decide the fate of either fleet, and probably of that nation.
Midshipman William Dillon on watching the fleets come closer on the Glorious First of June.
He was also as much a sailor, as an hero; he knew every rope in the ship as well as a forecastle man, both how to put it up, and how to take it down.
A.B George Watson praising an officer in the HMS Eagle