"He will be weighed again At the Great Day, His rigging refitted, And his timbers repaired, And with one broadside Make his adversary Strike in his turn."
— Epitaphs

January 1, 1970

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Tobias Smollett, Peregrine Pickle, Volume III, Chapter VII. Epitaph on Commodore Trunnion; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 234.