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Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows Friends exchanged quiet greetings; every one held a Prayer-book in his The tender immediately sheered off, and the sailors went to the lows The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a But now, what was most important, was to prevent another meeting between In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel Corsican and I could no longer doubt but that it was Ellen, Fabians betrothed A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms Stretching on either side were two wide streets, or rather boulevards This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at First of all the anchor had to be raised