 | 1835 - 298 pages
...fore-part of the day, died away at noon, and, though the first dog-watch was almost out, and the sun near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to...scene. The Dutch liner, which lay not far from us, was &• clearly reflected in the glassy surface of the water, thatThere was not a rope about her, from... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...the sun near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to dis tnrb the deep serenity of thescene. The Dutch liner, which lay not far from us, was so...water, that there was not a rope about her, from her main stay to her signal halliards, which the eye could not distinctly trace in her shadowy and inverted... | |
 | Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1843 - 392 pages
...; and, though the first dog-watch was almost out (that is, it was nearly six o'clock), and the sun near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to disturb the deep serenity of the scene. A Dutch liner (lineof-battle ship), which lay in the bay, not far from us, was so clearly reflected... | |
 | Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1848 - 398 pages
...; and, though the first dog-watch was almost out (that is, it was nearly six o'clock), and the sun near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to disturb the deep serenity 'of the scene. A Dutch liner (lineof-battle ship), which lay in the bay, not far from us, was so clearly reflected... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...part of the day, died away at noon ; and, though tlic first dog-watch was almost out, and the sun was near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to...the glassy surface of the water, that there was not u rope about her from her mai.i-stay to her signalhaliiards, which the eye co'ild not disti.ietly trace... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...part of the day, died away at noon ; and, though the first dog-watch was almost out, and the sun was near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to...which lay not far from us, was so clearly reflected iu the glassy surface of the water, that there was not a rope about her from her main-stay to her signalhalliards,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...part of the day, died away at uoon; and, though the first dog-watch was almost out, and the sun was near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to disturb the deep serenity of the scene. The L>uteh liner, wliich lay not far from us, was so clearly reflected in the glassy surface of the water,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 pages
...part of the day, died awny at noon ; and, though the first dog-watch was almost out, and the sun was near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to...serenity of the scene. The Dutch liner, which lay not t'.ir from us, was so clearly reflected in the glassy surface of tho water, that there was not а rope... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 232 pages
...fore part of the day died away at noon, and, though the first dog-watch was almost out, and the sun near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to...a rope about her, from her main-stay to her signal halyards, which the eye could not distinctly trace in her shadowy and inverted image. The buoy of our... | |
 | Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1882 - 440 pages
...to disturb the deep serenity of the scene. A Dutch liner (line-of-battle ship), which lay in the bay not far from us, was so clearly reflected in the glassy...was not a rope about her, from her main-stay to her signal-halliards, which the eye could not distinctly trace in her shadowy and inverted image. "A small... | |
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... near the horizon, not a breath of air had risen to disturb the deep serenity of the scene. The Dutch liner, which lay not far from us, was so clearly reflected in the glassy surface of the water, that there was not a rope about her from her main-stay... 
