Hoist Quotes

Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd take a shell and a bag of powder, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.