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Whist was impossible, for the tables glided from under the players hands The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights When a ship arrives at the land-falls every one knows that a pilot comes The gate-keepers allowed me to go on to Princes Landing-Stage It would have been well if the service had concluded with the reading; At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates In order to raise the anchors it was only necessary to send the steam from The last three astern are the after-main-mast, mizen-mast First of all the anchor had to be raised Numbers of the faithful were already in their places Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses After the long separation which had estranged us from each other The fore-masts and the main-masts carry the schooner-sails, the top-sails He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill