 However, back she comes ; the starting rope slackens in Miller's left hand, and the stroke, unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun ! one short minute more, and we are off. Short minute, indeed! you wouldn't say...  Saunterings in Europe - Page 316by Charles Wood - 1882 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1859 - 522 pages
...unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun ! one sh rt minuto more, and we are off. Short minute, indeed ! you wouldn't say so ,; you were in the boat, with your luvj; in your mouth, and trembling all over like a man with the... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1863 - 396 pages
...slackens in Miller's left hand, and the stroke, unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun ! one short minute more,...we are off. Short minute, indeed ! you wouldn't say BO if you were in the boat, with your heart in your mouth and trembling all over like a man with the... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...slackens in Miller's loft hand, and the stroke, unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun ! one short minute more, and we are off. Short minute, indeed ! you wonldn't say so if you were in the boat, with your heart in your mouth, and trembling all over like... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1889 - 326 pages
...his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun ! one short minute more, and 50 we are off. Short minute, indeed ! you wouldn't say...man with the palsy. Those sixty seconds before the starting-gun in your first race — why, they are a little lifetime. 55 " By Jove, we are drifting... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1899 - 484 pages
...slackens in Miller's left hand, and the stroke unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun ! One short minute more,...sixty seconds before the starting gun in your first race — why, they are a little lifetime. " By Jove, we are drifting in again ! " said Miller, in horror.... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 414 pages
...have never rowed a race before, except in the torpids, and one who has never rowed a race in his life. There goes the second gun ! one short minute more, and we are off. Short minute, indeed ! you would n't say so if you were in the boat, with your heart in your mouth and trembling all over like... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1902 - 444 pages
...slackens in Miller's left hand, and the stroke, unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun! One short minute more,...starting gun in your first race—why, they are a little lifetime. "By Jove, we are drifting in again!" said Miller, in horror. The captain looked grim,... | |
 | Edward Fulton - 1906 - 286 pages
...his life. Miller's left hand, and the stroke, unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun! one short minute more,...sixty seconds before the starting gun in your first race — why, they are a little lifetime. "By Jove, we are drifting in again," said Miller, in horror.... | |
 | Edward Fulton - 1911 - 336 pages
...slackens in Miller's left hand, and the stroke, unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again. There goes the second gun ! one short minute more,...sixty seconds before the starting gun in your first race — why, they are a little lifetime. " By Jove, we are drifting in again," said Miller, in horror.... | |
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