1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30
A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night of Liverpool, the first to the amount of 538,750 francs On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves Soon we came in sight of Queenstown, a small calling-place This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch She alone could store on board the 2100 miles of metallic wire weighing Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their After the long separation which had estranged us from each other The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several But in this respect the steward knew no more than I did, and he left me On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel But now, what was most important, was to prevent another meeting between Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves