 But his shipmates were swept far beyond the sounds of his voice, before half these words were uttered. All command of the boat was rendered impossible, by the numbers it contained, as well as the raging of the surf; and, as it rose on the white crest...  The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - Sida 87efter James Fenimore Cooper - 1823 - 293 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 sidor
...fragments were ground into splinters on the adjoining rocks. Tom still remained where he had cast on" the rope, and beheld the numerous heads and arms that...powerful and well-directed efforts to gain the sands, that were becoming visible as the tide fell, and others wildly tossed, in the frantic movements of... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 sidor
...few moments more, its fragments were ground into splinters on the adjoining rocks. The coxswain, Tom, still remained where he had cast off the rope, and...powerful and welldirected efforts to gain the sands, that were becoming visible as the tide fell, and others wildly tossed in the frantic movements of helpless... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1892 - 726 sidor
...her bottom ; after which I wish to live no longer." But his shipmates were swept far beyond the sound of his voice before half these words were uttered....powerful and well-directed efforts to gain the sands, that were becoming visible as the tide fell, and others wildly tossed in the frantic movements of helpless... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1892 - 510 sidor
...his beloved little craft for the last time. It fell into a trough of the sea, and in a few momenta more its fragments were ground into splinters on the...powerful and well-directed efforts to gain the sands, that were becoming visible as the tide fell, and others wildly tossed in the frantic movements of helpless... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 sidor
...the ' Ariel ' laid, and shall live just long enough to see it turn out of her bottom ; after which 1 wish to live no longer." But his shipmates were swept...powerful and well-directed efforts to gain the sands, that were becoming visible as the tide fell, and others wildly tossed in the frantic movements of helpless... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1991 - 942 sidor
...shall stay by the wreck, it must also be right for a midshipman; shove off; neither Mr. Barnstablc nor myself will quit the vessel." "Boy, your life...powerful and well-directed efforts to gain the sands, that were becoming visible as the tide fell, and others wildly tossed, in the frantic movements of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 sidor
...fragments were ground into splinters on the adjaeent roeks. The eoekswain still remained where he had east off the rope, and beheld the numerous heads and arms that appeared rising, at shert intervals, on the waves; some making powerful and well-direeted efforts to gain the sands, that... | |
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