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Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning Everything was finished by evening; not a trace of mud was visible on the The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was She alone could store on board the 2100 miles of metallic wire weighing One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently However, the steamer had not yet sunk to the load water-line The engine was composed of two horizontal cylinders, and presented a system My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared