 I trembled then ; not for ourselves, for we should have gone over them and have scarcely felt the shock, but for the poor wretches, whom it would have been impossible to save. The helm was put hard down ; we shot by, and I again breathed freely, when...  The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal - Page 3521829Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1829 - 448 pages
...furious rate, giving to the gale a yet wilder character. All at once a rocky island seemed to start up from the waters, but the next broad flash shewed a...look up to our spars. I did so, and found every upper yard arm and mast head tipped with lightning. Each blaze was twice as large as that of a candle, and... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1829 - 482 pages
...wilder character. All at once, a rocky island seemed to start up from the waters, — but the next flash shewed a good offing, and we were safe; when...breathed freely; when some one bade me look up to the spars. I did so, and found every upper yard-arm and mast-head tipped with lightning. Each blaze... | |
 | George Jones - History - 1829 - 388 pages
...forecastle, "a sail on the starboard bow, sir," and then another, " a sail close on the larboard bow, sir." I trembled then ; not for ourselves, for we should...look up to our spars. I did so, and found every upper yard arm and mast head tipped with lightning. Each blaze was twice as large as that of a candle, and... | |
 | George Jones - Mediterranean Region - 1829 - 320 pages
...forecastle, "a sail on the starboard bow, sir," and then another, " a sail close on the larboard bow, sir." I trembled then ; not for ourselves, for we should...the shock, but for the poor wretches, whom it would havn been impossible to save. The helm was put hard down ; we shot by, and I again breathed freely,... | |
 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1835 - 414 pages
...a loud shout from the forecastle—' A sail close on the larboard bow, sir.' I trembled then—not for ourselves, for we should have gone over them, and have scarcely felt the shock—but for the poor wretches whom it would have been impossible to save. The helm was put hard... | |
 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1839 - 416 pages
...when suddenly came a loud shout from the forecastle — •' A sail close on the larboard bow, sir.' I trembled then — not for ourselves, for we should...impossible to save* The helm was put hard down : we shot fry, and I again breathed freely, when some one bade me look up to our spars. I did so, and found every... | |
 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1854 - 326 pages
...; when suddenly came a loud shout from the forecastle — 'A sail close on the larboard bow, sir.' I trembled then — not for ourselves, for we should...and I again breathed freely, when some one bade me to look up to our spars. I did so, and found every upper yardarm and mast tipped with lightning. Each... | |
 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1871 - 416 pages
...safe; when suddenly came a loud shout from the forecastle — ' A sail close on the larboard bow, sir.' I trembled then — not for ourselves, for we should...some one bade me look up to our spars. I did so, and Jbund every upper yard-arm afid mast tipped with lightning. Each blaze was twice as large as that of... | |
 | John Todd - 1882 - 996 pages
...; when suddenly came a loud shout from the forecastle — ' A sail close on the larboard bow, sir.' I trembled then — not for ourselves, for we should...and I again breathed freely, when some one bade me to look up to our spears. I did so, and found every upper yard-arm and mast tipped with lightning.... | |
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