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...ften gazed at, but could never understand what they meant. On the very tip top of the chair, over the head of Grandfather himself, was a likeness of a... ...h. For this and other reasons, in the year 1620 they embarked on board the ship Mayflower, and crossed the ocean, to the shores of Cape Cod. There the... ...ll his comforts in England, and embarked, with Lady Arbella, on board of a ship bound for America.” As Grandfather was frequently impeded by the quest... ...as nearly as possible in his own words, the story of the Lady Arbella. The ship in which Mr. Johnson and his lady embarked, taking Grandfather’s chair... ...encer, the brigadier, the major, the Albemarle, the Ramillies, the feather top, and the full bottom. Their three cornered hats were laced with gold or... ...o repose within its arms. He was leading his troops through the forest, or sailing in a flat boat on Lake Ontario, or sleeping in his tent, while the ... ...ce Oliver threw on his red cloak, and placed his three cornered hat on the top of his white wig. In this garb he intended to go forth and take a parti...

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...irs we should never make a living. No one would employ us. And moreover no ship navi- gated and sailed in the happy-go-lucky manner people con- duct t... ...hey agreed that the happiest time in their lives was as youngsters in good ships, with no care in the world but not to lose a watch below when at sea ... ... does not make an officer, not by a long long way. But the slippers of the ships I was haunting with demands for a job knew that very well. I don’t wo... ...miliar bust of the immortal sage, if you will imagine the bust with a high top hat riding far on the back of the head, and a black coat over the shoul... ...g the other which was well clear of the stone floor. He had unbuttoned the top of his waistcoat and he wore his tall hat very far at the back of his h... ...g exultation was peculiar enough. That engine in my head went round at its top speed hour after hour till eleven at about at night it let up on me sud... ... do with his movements. In the middle of his leap, and while in the act of sailing gravely through the air, he continued to relieve his outraged feeli... ...r man. He, looking over the side, saw, in his own words, ‘the captain come sailing round the corner of the near- est cargo-shed, in company with a gir... ... accident. A wkward. V ery awkward this thing to happen on the very eve of sailing. “Collar-bone and arm broken,” he sighed. “Sad, very sad. Did you n...

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... night- watch at sea, but to excite the warmest sympathies of the author’s shipmates. He has been, therefore, led to think that his story could scarce... ...e to support him- self independently of family assistance, soon led him to ship as cabin boy in a New York vessel bound for Liverpool. He made the voy... ...or Liverpool. He made the voyage, visited London, and returned in the same ship. ‘Redburn: His First V oyage,’ published in 1849, is partly founded on... ...ties as widely apart as Montreal, Chi- cago, Baltimore, and San Francisco, sailing to the last-named place in 1860, by way of Cape Horn, on the Meteor... ...e almost regained it. This book has no equal as a picture of life aboard a sailing man-of-war, the lights and shadows of naval existence being well co... ...he sea. Then you would see the superb albicore, with his glittering sides, sailing aloft, and often describing an arc in his descent, disappear on the... ...erceived that the cord by which it was elevated to its place, led from the top of the staff, across the lawn, to an open upper window of the mansion, ... ... sea, we found ourselves, about three hours before sunset, standing on the top of what seemed to be the highest land on the island, an immense overhan... ...g like an indistinctly traced foot- path, which appeared to lead along the top of the ridge, and to descend—with it into a deep ravine about half a mi...

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... all signalled to be present at the Ferry Depot of the railroad. An emigrant ship had arrived at New York on the Saturday night, another on the Sunday... ...s no emigrant train on Sunday a great part of the passengers from these four ships was concentrated on the train by which I was to travel. There was a... ...red. In vain the seamen shouted to them to move on, and threatened them with shipwreck. These poor people were under a spell of stupor, and did not st... ...dequate expression – on the plains of Nebraska. I made my observatory on the top of a fruit-waggon, and sat by the hour upon that perch to spy about m... ...green and habitable corners of the earth. Every spire of pine along the hill-top, every trouty pool along that mountain river, was more dear to me tha... ...me unending, distant, whispering rumble of the ocean; for now you are on the top of Monterey penin- sula, and the noise no longer only mounts to you f... ...fancy. The clergyman, in his spare hours, may be winning battles, the farmer sailing ships, the banker reaping triumph in the arts: all leading anothe...

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...s father, aind’t it?” said the German. “Yep. That and mines and lumber and shipping. Built one place at San Diego, the old man has; another at Los Ang... ...es an’ near scalped the boom off a Frenchman since noon, an’ that’ s close sailing’, ye may say .” “You like my cigar, eh?” the German asked, for Harv... ...wavered in the breeze. He was fainting from seasickness, and a roll of the ship tilted him over the rail on to the smooth lip of the turtle-back. Then... ... Rudyard Kipling he opened his eyes, he perceived that he was still on the top of the sea, for it was running round him in silver- coloured hills, and... ...cco; but these, again, were all hooped together by one encircling smell of ship and salt water. Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on h... ...” said Troop, the iron face darkening. “How? You know how, well enough. On top of all that, you want me to do menial work”-Harvey was very proud of th... ...ective”till the Fall. I tell you I will not. You hear?” Troop regarded the top of the mainmast with deep interest for a while, as Harvey harangued fie... ...back to follow his wake. But, as usual, pride ran before a fall. They were sailing on the wind with the staysail-an old one, luck- ily-set, and Harvey... ...eturn of steamers that had used up their coal (there was no chance for the sailing-ships); of gales and cold that kept two hundred men, night and day ...

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...he afternoon at the office of the company—that at the eleventh hour an old ship with a lower standard of speed had been put on in place of the vessel ... ...ok after her in the morning: lone women are grateful for support in taking ship for far countries. It came to me indeed as I stood on her door-step th... ...ble to get him off to the seaside. “Well, Mrs. Nettlepoint’s going in that ship,” Mrs. Allen had said; and she had represented that nothing was sim- p... ...she might change her mind at the last moment.” “About her marriage? “About sailing. But she won’t change now.” Jasper came back, and his mother instan... ...uldn’t, after all!” I had taken her shawl from her to carry it, but at the top of the steps that led down to the cabins I had to give it back. “Your m... ...e officers know it. They see them there, especially at night, when they’re sailing the ship.” “I thought there was some rule—!” submitted Mrs. Gotch. ...

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...mpany to cross the most of Scotland unsupported; and (what made folk think so the more) even as that poor dozen was clattering up the hill, a great sh... ...by the way where strange things had fallen out. I had tales of Claverhouse as we came through the bogs, and tales of the devil, as we came over the to... ...e strong feelings of curiosity and commiseration. One day, I remem- ber, we were late upon some business in the steward’s room. This room is in the to... ...a man to narrate any such story of himself.” Towards afternoon we came down to the shores of that loch for which we were heading; and there was the sh... ..., “who thinks of the arms? But, to be sure, we must remember our friends. They will be close upon our heels, perhaps the Prince himself, and if the sh... ... close up. “Keep still,” says he, and seemed to consider; and then, “Reach out both your hands!” Dutton laid down his pistol, and so watery was the to... ... city of Glascow, where we were soon breakfasting together at an inn, and where (as the devil would have it) we found a ship in the very article of sa... ...ot one rap.” Defeated upon this side, I went straight to my room, wrote a letter, ran with it to the harbour, for I knew a ship was on the point of sa...

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...nd them, just as it roars now. But the sea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was... ... now. But the sea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Is lan... ...le, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8 in ships to these Islands, and found that they produced tin and lead; both ver... ...es do, with coloured earths and the juices of plants. But the Phoenicians, sailing over to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to th... ...s he was so near, to come and conquer Britain next. So, Julius Caesar came sailing over to this Island of ours, with eighty vessels and twelve thousan... ...ry glad to grant peace easily, and to go away again with all his remaining ships and men. He had expected to find pearls in Britain, and he may have f... ...r fully like it), was then, as it is now, a strong place perched upon the top of a high rock, around which, when the tide is in, the sea flows, leavi... ...with the crows flying below him, parched with thirst, in the castle on the top of St. Michael’s Mount, where his Red brother would have let him die. B... ...ch and from all reli gious offices; and in cursing him all over, from the top of his head to the sole of his foot, whether he was standing up, lying ...

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...ull of beauty of every kind. Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals; sometimes we ran by riv... ...n to creep round us. This was emphasized by the fact that the snowy mountain top still held the sun set, and seemed to glow out with a delicate cool ... ...for the howling of the wolves had ceased altogether. But just then the moon, sailing through the black clouds, appeared behind the jagged crest of a b... ... lighted and warmed with another log fire, also added to but lately, for the top logs were fresh, which sent a hollow roar up the wide chimney. The Co... ...ulty in having one man to attend, say, to banking, and another to look after ship ping, in case local help were needed in a place far from the home o... ...ld be only to my interest. Now, suppose I, who have much of affairs, wish to ship goods, say, to Newcastle, or Durham, or Harwich, or Dover, might it ... ...sends in a mournful sound on the wind. They have a legend here that when a ship is lost bells are heard out at sea. I must ask the old man about thi... ...ts we start to find what ships leave for the Black Sea last night. He was in sailing ship, since Madam Mina tell of sails be ing set. These not so im... ...say that he will so far intrude on his kindness as to come aboard before the sailing. Final the captain, more red than ever, and in more tongues, tell...

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...rang upon each side and bulged out, one storey beyond another, as they rose. At the top only a ribbon of sky showed in. By what I could spy in the win... ...ght I had been prying in her secrets; and with my new clothes and sword, and at the top of my new fortunes, this was more than I could swallow. The be... ...Lee.” CHAPTER II – THE HIGHLAND WRITER MR. CHARLES S TEWART the Writer dwelt at the top of the longest stair ever mason set a hand to; fifteen flights... ...me sure place (or thought he had) about the north side, where he was to lie until a ship was found for him; and how and where he had appointed to be s... ... for this family of mine,” he cried, “and, dod! I believe the day’s come now! Get a ship for him, quot’ he! And who’s to pay for it? The man’s daft!” ... ...your ain bag. For this business’ll not be near as dear as ye suppose – not even the ship part of it.” I made him a sign that his clerk was within hear... ...that we came on a discourse of friends and friendship, and I think now that we were sailing near the wind. We said what a fine thing friendship was, a... ...n-by with the rest of us here to Rotterdam. Ye can get a passage down the Maes in a sailing scoot as far as to the Brill, and thence on again, by a pl... ...nd ad- vice; but the fact is she had a very good reason, if she would have told us. Sailing scoots and rattel-waggons are excellent things; only the u...

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...orthward, and appears to have been an open temple of Cybele, formed on the top of a rock. The shape is oval, and in the centre is the image of the god... ...rux of critics, that quick sand upon which even the acumen of Bentley was ship wrecked, seems to prove beyond a doubt, that the pronun ciation of t... ...vernments, the close military array, the improved 19 Pope construction of ships, the Amphiktyonic convocations, the mutual frequentation of religious... ...d paternal land; Sincere from whence began thy course, recite, And to what ship I owe the friendly freight? Now first to me this visit dost thou deign... ...nd neck they rend, And from their plumes huge drops of blood descend; Then sailing o’er the domes and towers, they fly, Full toward the east, and moun... ...sh in a deathful snare; Before he anchors in his native port, From Pyle re sailing and the Spartan court; Horrid to speak! in ambush is decreed The ho... ...hat seek their fishy food, With wings expanded o’er the foaming flood, Now sailing smooth the level surface sweep, Now dip their pinions in the briny ... ... THE CICONS, THE CICONS, THE CICONS, THE CICONS, L L L L LO O O O OT T T T TOP OP OP OP OPHA HA HA HA HAGI AND CY GI AND CY GI AND CY GI AND CY GI AND... ...so vast, The largest ship might claim it for a mast. This shorten’d of its top, I gave my train A fathom’s length, to shape it and to plane; The narro...

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..., had married an English girl, had been one of us for years, trad- ing and sailing in all directions through the Eastern Archipelago, across and aroun... ...hat up to twelve years of age she sailed about with her parents in various ships. After old Nelson lost his wife it be- came a matter of serious conce... ...and the home, and the great free world for them. Who was it that likened a ship to a prison? May I be ignominiously hanged at a yardarm if that’s true... ... dess has flown, eh?” Nelson’s Cove—as we used to call it—was crowded with shipping that day. There was first my steamer, then the Neptun gunboat furt... ...adiantly fair in the lamplight, her strong, well-shaped hands lying one on top of the other in her lap… “Odious creature,” she thought. Her face colou... ...de, one hand resting lightly on the piano, before old Nelson got up to the top of the stairs. Poor father! How furious he will be—how upset! And af- t... ...f destruction. “Hold him! Stick to him!” vociferated the lieutenant at the top of the bridge-ladder, while Jasper struggled madly without a word, only... ...pula- tion, was soon aware that something had happened. A steamer towing a sailing vessel had been observed far out to sea for some time, and when the... ...mail service to the Seven Isles. But one day I ran over to Banka in my big sailing- boat to see whether there were any letters, and saw a Dutch paper....

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...ed amid the large, magnificent sea-moon like a piece of colour. The little ship began to pulse, to tremble. White with the softness of a bosom, the wa... ...th the softness of a bosom, the water rose up frothing and swaying gently. Ships drew near the inquisitive birds; the old Victory 18 The Trespasser s... ...ake trailed myriads of daisies. On either hand the grim and wicked battle- ships watched along their sharp noses. Beneath him the clear green water sw... ...limbed the path the mist grew thinner, till it was only a grey haze at the top. There they were on the turfy lip of the land. The sky was fairly clear... ...ght sand that was studded with rocks resembling square altars, hollowed on top. He threw his clothes on a high rock. It delighted him to feel the fres... .... They lay with their latticed fingers over their eyes, looking out at the sailing of ships across their vision of blue water. ‘Now, that one with the... ...‘Why should you want putting in a pinafore?’ ‘I don’t,’ he laughed. On the top of the cliff they were between two bays, with darkening blue water on t... ...e a better job of it. When it’s come to sticking out against Beatrice, and sailing the do- mestic ship in spite of her, I’ve always funked. I tell you...

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...risoners and French property; but the lady having been taken in an Italian ship, the Dutchman was afraid to set her ashore with- out first taking her ... ...he Dey. They were in the habit of murder- 5 Yo n g e ing or enslaving all shipwrecked travellers, except subjects of Algiers, whom they released with... ...on coming on the scene in atten- dance upon the little boy had been - ‘The top of the morning to ye, mother! And where is Victorine?’ ‘ Arrah, and wha... ...rhaps because she had always been made second to him through all the hard- ships and exposure of the journey. Other babes of both lady and nurse had s... ... consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with ar- rangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large... ...will I find a little wee boy Will tak my helm in hand, Till I gae up to my top mast And see for some dry land.’ —Sir Patrick Spens. IT WA S BAD ENOUGH... ...s to lose no time, rejoiced that his orders were such as to justify him in sailing at once for Algiers to take effectual measures with the consul befo...

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... that it would be amusing to go down to the water-front and loaf among the shipping un- til it was time for Jerry’s boat. Wilbur spent an hour along t... ...y’s boat. Wilbur spent an hour along the wharves, watching the great grain ships consigned to “Cork for orders” slowly gorging themselves with whole h... ...ld had more interest for Wilbur than the water-front. In the mile or so of shipping that stretched from the docks where the China steamships landed, d... ... wife’s death and the expressly stated be- quest of “the bark known as and sailing under the name of the ‘Lady Letty’ to my only and beloved daughter,... ..., smashing glassware, hacking into the wood-work, singing the while at the top of his voice: 39 Frank Norris “As through the drop I go, drop I go, As... ...“Lady Letty” squarely aback. She heeled over upon the instant; then as the top hamper carried away with a crash, eased back a moment upon an even keel... ...rts and log-book, but the girl flung them aside dis- dainfully. “He’s been sailing by the dead reckoning, and his naviga- tion is drivel. Why, a cabin... .... Charlie broke the silence with a wail: “No likee, no likee!” he cried at top voice. The man had gone suddenly green; Wilbur could see the shine of h...

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...her teens; Calvin, Benvenuto Cellini, and the Emperor Charles V. were at the top of their fame, and each was manufacturing history after his own pecul... ... between them; a fanciful pilot house, a glass and “gingerbread,” perched on top of the “texas” deck behind them; the paddle boxes are gorgeous with a... ... hundred miles from Cincinnati to New Orleans, where I could doubtless get a ship. I had thirty dollars left; I would go and complete the exploration ... ...cquainted used their influence to get him the position of “loblolly boy in a ship;” and from that point my watchman threw off all trammels of date and... ...nal villainies, that I sat speechless, enjoying, shuddering, wondering, wor shipping. It was a sore blight to find out afterwards that he was a low, ... ... crossing before night, we could venture the rest, for we would have plainer sailing and better water. But it would be insanity to attempt Hat Island ... ...l, I can boom right along the way I’m going; but the moment it splits at the top and forms a V, I know I’ve got to scratch to starboard in a hurry, or... ...dicious to take care of it; so I kept still. Presently, sure enough, we went sailing by that plantation. Captain Klinefelter appeared on the deck, and... ... next day. This would not answer at all; so we had to give up the novelty of sailing down the river on a farm. We had one more arrow in our quiver: a ...

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...y invention was nearly six feet square, ex- clusive of two triangular flaps to serve as a pillow by night and as the top and bottom of the sack by day... ... munched some black bread with a contrite hypocritical air. It was plain that I must make a sacrifice to the gods of shipwreck. I threw away the empty... ...s last was dear to my heart. Thus I found room for everything in the basket, and even stowed the boating-coat on the top. By means of an end of cord I... ...f silence fall for an instant on my mind. The next, I was pricking Modestine forward, and guiding her like an unruly ship through the open. In a path,... ...ngs had grown better to the south, it was still desolate and inclement near at hand. A spidery cross on ev- ery hill-top marked the neighbourhood of a... ...n Sea. I have spoken with people who either pretended or believed that they had seen, from the Pie de Finiels, white ships sailing by Montpellier and ... ... I have spoken with people who either pretended or believed that they had seen, from the Pie de Finiels, white ships sailing by Montpellier and Cette....

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...thine honest eyes I read The auspicious beacon that shall lead, After long sailing in deep seas, To quiet havens in June ease. Thy voice sings like an... ...inst the gale, On some lone foreland, watching sail by sail, The portbound ships for one ship that was late; And sail by sail, his heart burned up wit... ... his heart burned up with joy, And cruelly was quenched, until at last One ship, the looked-for pennant at its mast, Bore gaily, and dropt safely past... ... The wind blew shrill and smart, And the wind awoke my heart Again to go a-sailing o’er the sea, To hear the cordage moan And the straining timbers gr... ...t bravely blows! O hope that sails with all Where stars and voices call! O ship undaunted that forever goes Where God, her admiral, His battle signal ... ...die is not to sleep. Still your true course you keep, O sailor soul, still sailing for the sky; And fifty fathom deep Y our colours still shall fly. ... ...o Coquettishly displaced. Your cap! the word’s profanely said. That little top-knot, white and red, That quaintly crowns your graceful head, No bigger... ...am and went: The hunter clattered horse-shoe-airn By causey-crest and hill-top cairn; The hider, in by shag and shench, Crept on his wame and little l...

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...tes the two were treading the wharves and quays of the city’s water-front. Ships innumerable nuzzled at the endless line of docks, mast overspiring ma... ...the horse-hoofs beating the boards like heavy drum-taps. Chains clanked, a ship’s dog barked incessantly from a companionway, ropes creaked in complai... ...ushing, as she drank in the scene. “To think,” she cried, “where all these ships have 24 Blix come from! Look at their names; aren’t they perfect? Ju... ...aircase leading up from the ground floor, and gained the restaurant on the top story of the building. As T ravis had foretold, it was deserted. She cl... ...en came the bay. T o the east they could see Goat Island, and the fleet of sailing-ships anchored off the water-front; while directly in their line of... ...one, and the immense gray night settle and broaden and widen from mountain-top to horizon. They did not feel the necessity of making conversation. The... ...d ‘em in years—not since we lived East; but they’re hand-made, and are tip-top. I haven’t any other kind of tackle; but it’s just as well, because the...

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...s to them!’ Cho- rus was a pretty fiction on the part of the thrilling and top- ping voice. She was the very radiant Diana of her earliest opening day... ...oke of their happiness at the kiss of parting. That melancholy note at the top of the wave to human hearts conscious of its en- forced decline was rep... ...s She wrote: ‘I trust my messenger to tell you how I hang on you. I see my ship making for the rocks. You break your Emma’s heart. It will be the seco... ... along the beams. That’s a crown for any dwellin’! They runs ‘em round the top of the room—it’s like a May-day wreath in old times. Home-fed hog! They... ...t a married Diana heart- ily mated. The regrets of the youthful for a life sailing away under medical sentence of death in the sad eyes of relatives r... ...y the friend half a minute too long for friend- 94 Diana of the Crossways ship, and the over-friendliness of looks, letters, frequency of visits, wou... ...f course less than magnanimity; they are not proposed to you for your wor- ship; they are little Gods, temporary as that great wave, their parent huma... ...mperatively needed that the reverse of it would have threatened the smooth sailing of her costly household. A merry-go-round of creditors required a c... ...the part of villain in Diana’s history. Diana and Emma enjoyed happy quiet sailings under May breezes on the many-coloured South-western waters, heart...