 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1831 - 570 pagina’s
...gallant commander of this pretty little eggshell of a vessel placed himself on the weather-quarter, and, with a speaking-trumpet in his hand, indicated•...could not well be refused ; and we steered as close as we could pass along without bringing the two vessels in contact, or risking the entanglement of the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1831 - 572 pagina’s
...placed liiBW«lf on tfov weather-quarter, and, with, a speaking-trumpet in his h»»j(it>H»djcated, by gesticulations, a wish to be heard. This could not well be refused ; and we steered as close as we could pass alonif wjthou*! paging, th# two vessels in contact, or risking the entanglement of tfuf... | |
 | 1832 - 672 pagina’s
...gallant commander of this pretty little eggshell of a vessel placed himself on the weather-quarter, and with a speaking-trumpet in his hand, indicated,...in French, ' otherwise the brig must have gone to th« bottom. The sea broke over us in such a way that I have been obliged, as you may perceive, to... | |
 | 1832 - 666 pagina’s
...gallant commander of this pretty little eggshell of a vessel placed himself on the weather-quarter, and with a speaking-trumpet in his hand, indicated,...contact, or risking the entanglement of the yards. our upper works. If, therefore, you oblige me to heave-to, I cannot keep the vessel afloat one hour... | |
 | 1832 - 448 pagina’s
...gallant commander of this pretty little eggshell of a vessel placed himself on the weather-quarter, and with a speaking-trumpet in his hand, indicated...could not well be refused ; and we steered as close as we could pass along without bringing the two vessels in contact, or risking the entanglement of the... | |
 | 1832 - 440 pagina’s
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 | 1831 - 602 pagina’s
...gallant commander of this pretty little eggshell of a vessel placed himself on the weather-quarter, and, with a speaking-trumpet in his hand, indicated,...could not well be refused ; and we steered as close as we could pass along without bringing the two vessels in contact, or risking the entanglement of the... | |
 | 1860 - 736 pagina’s
...risking the entanglement of the yards. " I have been eompelled to bear up," he ealled out in Freneh, "otherwise the brig must have gone to the bottom. The sea broke over us in sueh a way that I have been obliged, as you may pereeive, to throw all my guns, boats, and spars, overboard.... | |
 | Book - 1867 - 662 pagina’s
...a wish to bo heard. This could not well bo refused, and wo steered as close as wo could pass along without bringing the two vessels in contact, or risking the entanglement of the yards when we rolled towards one another. '* I have been compelled to boar up," he called out in French ;... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1880 - 334 pagina’s
...gallant commander of this pretty little eggshell of a vessel placed himself on the weather-quarter, and with a speakingtrumpet in his hand, indicated...could not well be refused ; and we steered as close as we could pass along, without bringing the two vessels in contact, or risking the entanglement of the... | |
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Frenchman thought we were at last going to execute summary vengeance upon him for his treachery, as we called it. Nothing daunted, however, by the style in which we bore down upon him, the gallant commander of this pretty little eggshell of a vessel placed... 