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The engine-rooms were full of steam; leaning over the hatchway There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the These wagers, amounting to several hundred dollars, he lost every one; After having cast a rapid glance over these fitting works Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life The Great Eastern swung round with the tide; all was now clear Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas These questions were destined to remain unanswered The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: But in this respect the steward knew no more than I did, and he left me I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement Soon we came in sight of Queenstown, a small calling-place The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by Would not the good Yorrick have done the same? I looked at Dean Pitferge; It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management Whist was impossible, for the tables glided from under the players hands The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious