 In few, they hurried us aboard a bark , Bore us some leagues to sea ; where they prepared A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast ; the very rats Instinctively had quit it...  Ballast: A Novel - Page 307by Myra Swan - 1901 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1873 - 152 pages
...foul ends. In few, 2 they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared A rotten carcase of a boat, not rigged,— Nor tackle,...sail, nor mast; the very rats Instinctively had quit it: there they hoist 3 us, To cry to the sea that roared to us; to sigh To the winds, whose pity, sighing... | |
 | Oliver Madox Brown - 1876 - 308 pages
...few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea ; where they prepared A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats Instinctively had quit it. There they hoist us, To cry to the sea that roared to us, to sigh To the winds whose pity, sighing... | |
 | Oliver Madox Brown - 1876 - 312 pages
...few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea ; where they prepared A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats Instinctively had quit it. There they hoist us, To cry to the sea that roared to us, to sigh To the winds whose pity, sighing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 304 pages
...The omission was proposed by Mr. William Aldis Wright. P. 21. Where they prepared A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast ; the very rats Instinctively had quit it. — The original has butt instead of boat, and, in the last line, have instead of had. P. 22. Thou... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...the furrow'd sea, Breasting the lofty surge. 4567 Shaks. : Henry V. Act iii. Chorus. A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast ; the very rats Instinctively have quit it. 4568 Shaks. : Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2 tlpon the gale she stoop'd her side, And bounded... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1884 - 498 pages
...hurried us aboard a bark — , Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared A rotten carcass of boat; not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats Instinctively have quit it; there they hoist us, To cry to the sea that roared to us; to sigh To the winds, whose... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1884 - 568 pages
...V. They hurried us aboard a bark: Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast: the very rate Instinctively had girt us. Tum»T. THE hour that succeeded in the calm of expectation, wai one... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1887 - 512 pages
...quitted is supposed to be an Americanism. But it not so ; Shakspeare uses it : — A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast ; the very rats Instinctively have quit it. Tempest, act i. scene 2. The English quit and the French quitter are derived from the... | |
 | 1890 - 274 pages
...A treacherous army levied i' the dead of darkness. Bore us some leagues to sea, where they prepared A boat; not rigged, nor tackle, sail nor mast, The very rats instinctively had quit; there they hoist us, To cry to th' sea that roared to us ; to sigh To th' winds, whose pity, sighing... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1892 - 452 pages
...few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats Instinctively have quit it: there they hoist us, To cry to the sea that roared to us, to sigh To the winds whose... | |
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