Quotes from book
Post Captain

Name: Post Captain
Author: Patrick O'Brian

Post Captain is the second historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1972. It features the characters of Captain Jack Aubrey and naval surgeon Stephen Maturin in the early 19th century and is set in the Napoleonic Wars.

““This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the canine connection?'
Why,' said Stephen, 'it is because they are curtailed of course.””

Patrick O'Brian book Post Captain

Source: Post Captain (1972)

“I sew his ears on from time to time, sure.”

Patrick O'Brian book Post Captain

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“I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it.”

Patrick O'Brian book Post Captain

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