 | 1820 - 856 pages
...of a ship that must have been completely wrecked ; for there were the remain* of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...months : clusters of shell-fish had fastened about it, aftd long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is the crew ? Their struggle has long... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...for there were the remains of handker. chiefs, by which some of the crew !iad fastened tfiemselves to this spar, to prevent their being washed off by...evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell fish had fastened about it, and long sea- weeds flaunted at its sides. But- where, thought I,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...of a ship that must have been completely wrecked ; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...of a ship that must have been completely wrecked ; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 pages
...evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell fish had fastened about it, and long sea weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is the crew ? Their struggle has long been over — they have gone down amidst the roar of the tempest — their bones lie whitening among the caverns... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...been completely 66 THE AMERICAN [Lesson 19. wrecked ; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...I, is the crew? Their struggle has long been over ; — they have gone down amidst the roar of the tempest ; — their bones lie whitening in the caverns... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...thought I, is the crew? Their struggle has long been over;—they have gone down amidst the roar of the tempest; — their bones lie whitening in the caverns... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell fish had fastened about it, and long sea weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...wreck had evidently drifted about for many months -t clusters of shell-fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where,... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...of a «hip that must have been completely wrecked ; tor there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of »hell fish had fastened about it, and long sea- weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I,... | |
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At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked, for there were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves... 
