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With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now Stretching on either side were two wide streets, or rather boulevards A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon She alone could store on board the 2100 miles of metallic wire weighing At two oclock the fog grew dense again, the wind fell and rose at the same It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics Would not the good Yorrick have done the same? I looked at Dean Pitferge; In this position the deck of the tender was only on a level with the load The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked After the long separation which had estranged us from each other At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life If this plan succeeds, a man will be able to direct the gigantic body In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers These questions were destined to remain unanswered This day the chief engineer tried the boilers The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins It is an immense depression of the land filled with water Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas