Quote#Wisdom
The skipper stormed and tore his hair
Quote byJames Thomas Fields · 1817–1881
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Nantucket Skipper, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
The skipper stormed and tore his hair, Hauled on his boots and roared at Marden— "Nantucket's sunk and here we are Right over old Marm Hackett’s garden!"
— James Thomas Fields
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