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He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates First of all the anchor had to be raised Thus the reason for rearranging the ship to this purpose Hatch, was an orator of no mean power These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with At two oclock the fog grew dense again, the wind fell and rose at the same All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships Everything was finished by evening; not a trace of mud was visible on the This day the chief engineer tried the boilers I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed The officer on watch, clinging to the bridge, looked as if he was in a The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving The last three astern are the after-main-mast, mizen-mast There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited Numbers of the faithful were already in their places At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins The engine was composed of two horizontal cylinders, and presented a system The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry For five days operations continued with distracting activity Chance had brought all three together on the same ship During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers His sermon was already prepared, the occasion was good, and he intended I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required At ten oclock a three-mast ship was hailed, sailing astern of us On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely