 ... power of a gale of wind. Still, the hardy and experienced mariners who directed her movements, held her to the course that was necessary to their preservation, and still Griffith gave forth, when directed by their unknown pilot, those orders that...  The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - Sida 52efter James Fenimore Cooper - 1823Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1824 - 924 sidor
...those dangerous shoals that she had so recently approached with such terrifying velocity. The heavy yards swung round, as if they had been vanes to indicate...when the land was becoming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea was only to be discovered as it swept by them in foam, he broke in... | |
 | 1832 - 478 sidor
...to howl, surlily, as it passed the complicated machinery that the frigate obtruded on its path. Au endless succession of white surges rose above the...when the land was becoming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea was only to be discovered as it swept by them in foam, he broke in... | |
 | Novelist - 1839 - 570 sidor
...the violence of the wind was gradually increasing. The latter no longer whistled amid the cordage ot the vessel, but it seemed to howl, surlily, as it...when the land was becoming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea alone was to be discovered as it swept by them in foam, he broke... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 sidor
...surges rose above the heavy billows, and the very air was glittering with the light that was disen gaged from the ocean. The ship yielded each moment more...when, the land was becoming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea was only to be discovered as it swept by them in foam, he broke in... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 498 sidor
...directed by their unknown pilot, those orders that turned her in the narrow channel where alone safety was to be found. So far, the performance of his duty appeared...when the land was becoming dim,' in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea alone was to be discovered as it swept by them in foam, he broke... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 sidor
...and still Griffith gave forth, when directed by their unknown pilot, those Orders that turned lier in the narrow channel where safety was alone to be...Situation. But when the land was becoming dim, in distance äs well äs darkness, and the agitated sea was only to be discovered äs it swept by them in foam,... | |
 | 1855 - 506 sidor
...whistled amid the cordage of the vessel, but it seemed to howl, surlily, as it passed the compli cated machinery that the frigate obtruded on its path. An...responsibility of his situation. But when the land was beCOMMON-PLACE BOOK OF PROSE. coming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated nea was... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 sidor
...sea was becoming more agitated, and the violence of the wind was gradually increasing. Tho latter BO longer whistled amid the cordage of the vessel, but...when the land was becoming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea was only to be discovered as it swept by them in foam, he broke in... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 sidor
...light tliat was disengaged from the ocean. The ship yielded each moment more and more before the Btorm, and, in less than half an hour from the time that...when the land was becoming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea was only to be discovered as it swept by them in foam, he broke in... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 580 sidor
...preservation, and still Griffith gave forth, when directed by their unknown pilot, those orders that turned hei in the narrow channel where safety was alone to be...when the land was becoming dim, in distance as well as darkness, and the agitated sea alone was to be discovered as it swept by their. in foam, he broke... | |
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