 As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin, that made the gloom more ghastly, every one had his tale of shipwreck and disaster, I was particularly struck with a short one related by the captain.  Fly - Page 641839Full view - About this book
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1867 - 498 pages
...sudden storms that will sometimes break in upon the fserenity of a summer's voyage. As we sat around the dull light of a lamp in the cabin, that made the...shipwreck and disaster. I was particularly struck by a short one related by the captain. 2. "As I was once sailing," said he, "in a fine, stout ship,... | |
 | R. Hoburg - 1877 - 86 pages
...Sîeifpteie: Dangers eagle-pinion'd, bold Soar around each cliffy hold. Burns. Poet. Works 122. As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin. W. Irv. Skb. 7. It seemed as if Death were raging round this floating prison. Ib. 8. Inviting the passengers... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1878 - 186 pages
...of one of those sudden storms which will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage. As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin,...said he, "in a fine stout ship across the banks of Newfoundland,2 one of those 1 Pored. To pore is to look close and long, to read or examine with steady... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Readers - 1878 - 206 pages
...one of those sudden i00 storms which will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage. As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin,...particularly struck with a short one related by the captain. i°5 "As I was once sailing," said he, " in a fine stout ship across the banks of Newfoundland, one... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1878 - 152 pages
...shipwreck and disaster. I was particularly struck with a short one related by the captain. i°« " As I was once sailing," said he, " in a fine stout ship across the banks of Newfoundland, one of those heavy fogs which prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead even in... | |
 | ludwic herric - 1878 - 982 pages
...Skb. p. 151 : All present were struck with the direful probability = betroffen, entsetzt. Id. p. 7 : I was particularly struck with a short one related by the captain = ergriffen. Tennyson, En. Arden : and kissed his wonderstricken little ones = ganz verwundert. Bulwer,... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 330 pages
...of one of those sudden storms which will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage. As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin,...stout ship across the banks of Newfoundland, one of those heavy fogs, which prevail in those parts, rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead even... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...one of those sudden storms that will 24 sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage. As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin,...every one had his tale of shipwreck and disaster. 1 was particularly struck with45 a short one related by the captain. ,,As I was once sailing", said... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 550 pages
...of one of those sudden storms which will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage. As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin,...particularly struck with a short one related by the captain. 'sAs I was once sailing,'' said he, "in a fine stout ship across the banks of Newfoundland, one of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 970 pages
...of one of those sudden storms which will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage. As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin,...that made the gloom more ghastly, every one had his tide of shipwreck and disaster. I was particularly struck with a short one related by the captain.... | |
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