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I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings All these good people seemed to have hats and boots of a dazzling brightness I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull His sermon was already prepared, the occasion was good, and he intended He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power The sea was magnificent and resplendent beneath the first rays of a spring In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards Whist was impossible, for the tables glided from under the players hands When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned First of all, during the service, although the weather was fine One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists The tender immediately sheered off, and the sailors went to the lows These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging