A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea.    From LearnThat.org.  [ Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), French writer.]

They knew that drink -- and drink with a sailor is always excessive -- made them mad, but only mildly mad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter XVI] Reference

He added, This sailor is a veritable storehouse of information of all kinds, as he reads and retains everything that comes through.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nixon and the Chiefs] Reference

Apparently this persian unicorn is an actual sailor from the region.    From Wordnik.com.  [remember this young man?] Reference

Barring captains and mates of big ships, the small-boat sailor is the real sailor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Joy Of Small-Boat Sailing] Reference

In the shade sat a little boy dressed in sailor clothes, who was digging a hole in the earth with a bit of wood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dorothy Meets Her Match] Reference

At least the drunken sailor is spending his own money, which cannot be said for the bribes proffered by Reid & Co.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Funniest Quote of the Week, Maybe the Year] Reference

Opposite Hitler a young sailor from a German submarine, opposite Tojo a Japanese peasant of the old typeand so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [As I Please] Reference

So, despite hearing their mother swear like a sailor from the moment they were born, neither of our children swear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The case FOR women swearing — Fusion Despatches] Reference

The young man in the bed next to him was a sailor from the Greek grain ship "Kanaris" that was anchored at the Orange docks.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Covenant's song 'Call the ships to port' is a personal favorite, I always see a troupe of vampires dressed in sailor outfits.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Chain, chain...every shadow, every face."] Reference

The ordinary pay of a Nile sailor is two pounds a month, with an additional allowance of about three and sixpence a month for flour.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference

Police said a male suspect wearing a white "sailor" - style hat robbed the bank about 9 a.m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morning Sentinel News]

A long-term sailor, Olly studied Ocean Science and Marine Navigation at the University of Plymouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

But occasionally the sailor is a Joseph Conrad or a.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century] Reference

However, the lieutenant called the sailor this name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The People of the Abyss] Reference

It took a moment for him to recall the sailor's name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wellspring of Chaos]

The woman was handsome, and the sailor was a good-natured man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armadale] Reference

But a sailor is a pretty serious chap when he feels responsibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916] Reference

Now a sailor is a good climber, but not nearly so good as a monkey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mappo, the Merry Monkey] Reference

He called the sailor who brought a second helping and Robert fell to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis] Reference

"Four fathom," called the sailor at the lead after he had made his cast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate] Reference

The sailor was a fine, handsome fellow, and in vain begged the tyrant to desist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference

"Looks like we can't make this bend, sir," called the sailor from the shore-boat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference

"She's all right, cap'n!" called the sailor, when he and Bob reached the small craft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob the Castaway] Reference

Low dance halls and worse were all along the river front and the sailor was their prey.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kirk on Rutgers Farm] Reference

The fish is successfully rescued, but the sailor is a bit battered and a little bloody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

The leftist PAME union called the sailor's strike to protest the government's austerity plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

My brother the sailor was a pet of mine when we were little tads and he'd sent Ginger to me when he was dying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anne of Avonlea] Reference

But I think one of the leading characteristics of the sailor is the ease with which he throws off melancholy at will.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference

"But you're of the Army," said Mr. Darrin, "and I don't know whether you believe that a sailor is a judge of a soldier.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands] Reference

The sailor was the first to escape from the uncomfortable incubus; though there was but an instant between the awakening of all.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Slaves] Reference