 | Epes Sargent - 1855 - 348 pages
...of a ship that must have been completely wrecked ; for there were11 the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. 2. But where, thought I, is the crew ? Their struggle has long been oVer ; they have gone down amidst... | |
 | William Russell - 1855 - 310 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...clusters of shell-fish had fastened about it, and long soa-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is the crew? Their struggle has long been over;... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...mast of a ship, that must have been completely wreckedfor there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...evidently drifted about for many months; clusters of Bhell-fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, are... | |
 | Stephen W. Clark - 1855 - 258 pages
...inconvenient time." — Mrs. Farrar. " Much learning shows how little mortals know." — Yuung. '" Some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar, to prevent Ihei' being washed off by the waves." — Imng. • " Summer's dim cloud that, slowly rising, holds... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 350 pages
...of a ship that must have been completely wrecked; for there were1 I the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by wbich the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months;... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...for there were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to the spar, to prevent their being washed off by the waves....by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. 8. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months; clusters of shell-fish had fastened about... | |
 | William Russell - 1858 - 312 pages
...of a ship (hat must have been completely wrecked ; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to...ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many mouths ; clusters of shell-fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. Hut... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 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...by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. 8. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months; clusters of shell-fish had fastened about... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...for there were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to the spar, to prevent their being washed off by the waves....I, is the crew? Their struggle has long been over ; they have gone down amid the roar of the tempest ; their bones he whitening among the caverns of... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 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...spar, to prevent their being washed off by the waves. 7. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted... | |
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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... 
