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All these good people seemed to have hats and boots of a dazzling brightness Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with After the long separation which had estranged us from each other Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam These questions were destined to remain unanswered The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is After having cast a rapid glance over these fitting works Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists