 | 1828 - 448 pages
...Earing no sooner parted, than each of its fellows snapped in succession, leaving the mast dependent on itself alone for the support of all its ponderous...distance that still existed between it and the sea. " ' Does she fall off?' instantly called Wilder to the observant seaman at the wheel. " ' She yielded... | |
 | English literature - 1828 - 438 pages
...added. " A single blow sufficed for the discharge of the momentary act. Extended to the utmost powers of endurance, by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard...its fellows snapped in succession, leaving the mast dependent on itself alone for the support of all its ponderous and complicated hamper. The cracking... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...added. A single blow sufficed for the discharge of the momentary act. Extended to the utmost powers of endurance, by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard struck by Earing no sooner ptirtcd, than each of its fellows snapped in succession, leaving the mast dependent on itself alone... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1859 - 548 pages
...added. A single blow sufficed for the discharge of the momentary act. Extended to the utmost powers of endurance, by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard...distance that still existed between it and the sea. " Does she fall off?" instantly called Wilder to the observant seaman at the wheel. " She yielded a... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 540 pages
...added. A single blow sufficed for the discharge of this important duty. Extended to the utmost powers of endurance, by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard...its fellows snapped in succession, leaving the mast dependent on its wood for the support of all the ponderous and complicated hamper it upheld. The cracking... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1864 - 548 pages
...added. A single blow sufficed for the discharge of the momentary act. Extended to the utmost powers of endurance, by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard...support of all its ponderous and complicated hamper. Th£ cracking of the wood came next ; and then the rigging fell, like a tree that had been sapped at... | |
 | Joseph Lewis French - Fiction - 1921 - 364 pages
...added. A single blow sufficed for the discharge of this important duty. Extended to the utmost powers of endurance, by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard...its fellows snapped in succession, leaving the mast dependent on its wood for the support of all the ponderous and complicated hamper it upheld. The cracking... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Fiction - 1991 - 942 pages
...added. A single blow sufficed for the discharge of this important duty. Extended to the utmost powers of endurance by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard...snapped in succession, leaving the mast dependant on its wood for the support of all the ponderous and complicated hamper it upheld. The cracking of the... | |
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... arms, and in a voice that atoned for his momentary confusion, by its steadiness and force. " Hold! — Does the ship mind her helm at all?" 