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Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The fore-masts and the main-masts carry the schooner-sails, the top-sails The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions After having cast a rapid glance over these fitting works If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on These questions were destined to remain unanswered The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the In this position the deck of the tender was only on a level with the load At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me Hatch, was an orator of no mean power The Great Eastern swung round with the tide; all was now clear After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a This was done; but powerful as it was, this engine was found insuflficient But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes Friends exchanged quiet greetings; every one held a Prayer-book in his Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened