Peter Simple, Svazek 1Saunders and Otley, 1834 |
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Strana 25 - WHEN we stopped, I inquired of the coachman which was the best inn. He answered " that it was the Blue Postesses, where the midshipmen leave their chestesses, call for tea and toastesses, and sometimes forget to pay for their breakfastesses." He laughed when he said it, and I thought that he was joking with me ; but he pointed out two large blue posts at the door next the coach-office, and told me that all the midshipmen resorted to that hotel. He then asked me to remember the coachman, which, by...
Strana 248 - If any thing starts we are lost, sir," observed the first lieutenant again. "I am perfectly aware of it," replied the captain, in a calm tone ; " but as I said before, and you must now be aware, it is our only chance. The consequence of any carelessness or neglect in the fitting and securing of the rigging, will be felt now ; and this danger, if we escape it, ought to remind us how much we have to answer for if we neglect our duty. — The lives of a whole ship's company may be sacrificed by the...
Strana 240 - ... were within half a mile of the point, and fully expected to weather it, when again the wet and heavy sails flapped in the wind, and the ship broke off two points as before. The officers and seamen were aghast, for the ship's head was right on to the breakers. " Luff now, all you can, quarter master,
Strana 241 - ... mates, ready to cut away the cable at the moment that I give the order. Silence there, fore and aft. Quarter-master, keep her full again for stays. Mind you ease the helm down when I tell you.
Strana 241 - The captain waved his hand in silence to the quartermaster at the wheel, and the helm was put down. The ship turned slowly to the wind, pitching and chopping as the sails were spilling. When she had lost her way; the captain gave the order, 'Let go the anchor. We will haul all at once, Mr Falcon,
Strana 241 - Falcon," said the captain. Not a word was spoken; the men went to the fore-brace, which had not been manned; most of them knew, although I did not, that if the ship's head did not go round the other way, we should be on shore and among the breakers in half a minute. I thought at the time that the captain had said...
Strana 236 - ... side of the ship, and she must have foundered. The captain, first lieutenant, and most of the officers remained on deck during the whole of the night : and really, what with the howling of the wind, the violence of the rain, the washing of the water about the decks, the working of the chain pumps, and the creaking and groaning of the timbers, I thought that we must inevitably have been lost ; and I said my prayers at least a dozen times during the night, for I felt it impossible to go to bed....
Strana 64 - I saw nothing like a monkey's tail, but I was so frightened that I snatched up the first thing that I saw, which was a short bar of iron, and it so happened that it was the very article which he wanted. When I gave it to him, the first lieutenant looked at me, and said, "So you know what a monkey's tail is already, do you? Now don't you ever sham stupid after that.
Strana 240 - Luff now, all you can, quarter-master,' cried the captain. ' Send the men aft directly. My lads, there is no time for words — I am going to club-haul the ship, for there is no room to wear. The only chance you have of safety is to be cool, watch my eye, and execute my orders with precision. Away to your stations for tacking...
Strana 244 - Peter, you're not fond of flatfish, are you, my boy ? We may thank Heaven and the captain, I can tell you that, my lads ; but now, where's the chart, Robinson ? Hand me down the parallel rules and compasses, Peter ; they are in the corner of the shelf. Here we are now, a devilish sight too near this infernal point. Who knows how her head is ? " " I do, O'Brien ; I heard the quarter-master tell the captain SW by S. Southerly."