 The ship was then going with about the same velocity. His appearance and attitude gave us at first no alarm, but while I stood watching his movements and observing him, but a ship's length off, coming down for us with great...  Incidents of a Whaling Voyage - Pagina 142door Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 360 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 492 pagina’s
...a direction for the ship. He spouted two or three times, and then disappeared. In less than two or three seconds he came up again, about the length of...and attitude gave us at first no alarm ; but while I stood watching his movements, and observing him but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
 | 1832 - 548 pagina’s
...in length. He broke water about twenty rods off our weather bow, and was lying quietly with his bead in a direction for the ship. He spouted two or three...and attitude gave us at first no alarm, but while I stood watching his movements and observing him, but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1834 - 574 pagina’s
...Chase. ' I observed a very large spermaceti whale, as well as I could judge about eighty-five (?) feet in length. He broke water about twenty rods off our...and attitude gave us at first no alarm, but while I stood watching his movements and observing him, but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
 | 1834 - 604 pagina’s
...direction for the ship. He spouted two or three times, and then disappeared. In less than three minutes he came up again, about the length of the ship off,...and attitude gave us at first no alarm, but while we stood watching his movements and observing him, but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
 | William Mitford - 1835 - 438 pagina’s
...less than three seconds he came up again, about the length of the ship oil', and made directly for as, at the rate of about three knots. The ship was then...and attitude gave us at first no alarm, but while I stood watching his movements and observing him, but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
 | 1845 - 376 pagina’s
...could judge about eighty-five feet in length. He broke water about twenty rods off our weather-bow, and was lying quietly with his head in a direction...and attitude gave us at first no alarm ; but while I stood watching his movements, and observing him but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
 | Rufus Rockwell Wilson - 1902 - 378 pagina’s
...he told in his own words : "He spouted two or three times and then disappeared, but almost instantly came up again, about the length of the ship off, and...directly for us, at the rate of about three knots. His appearance and attitude gave us at first no alarm; but while I stood watching his movements, and... | |
 | Paul Schneider - 2001 - 386 pagina’s
...a direction for the ship. He spouted two or three times, and then disappeared. In less than two or three seconds he came up again, about the length of...and attitude gave us at first no alarm; but while I stood watching his movements, and observing him but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
 | Graham Faiella - 2003 - 68 pagina’s
...a direction for the ship. He spouted two or three times, and then disappeared. In less than two or three seconds he came up again, about the length of the ship off, and Timeline Thomas Herman Jefferson is Melville is elected president, born in New York City War of 1812... | |
 | 1834 - 574 pagina’s
...Chase. ' I observed a very large spermaceti whale, as well as I could judge about eighty-five (?) feet in length. He broke water about twenty rods off our...and attitude gave us at first no alarm, but while I stood watching his movements and observing him, but a ship's length off, coming down for us with... | |
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