... key-stone of an ill-cemented arch. The canvas broke from its fastenings with a loud explosion, and, for an instant, it was seen sailing in the air ahead of the ship, as if it were sustained on wings. The vessel rose on a sluggish wave— the lingering... The Red Rover: A Tale - Page 269by James Fenimore Cooper - 1843Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1828 - 438 pages
...an eagle. The vessel rose on a sluggish wave — the lingering remains of the former breeze — and then settled heavily over the rolling surge, borne...critical instant, while the seamen aloft were still gazingin the direction in which the little cloud of canvas had disappeared, a lanyard of the lower... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...eagle. Tlie vessel rose on a sluggish wave — the lingering remains of the forraer breeze — and then settled heavily over the rolling surge, borne...aloft were still gazing in the direction in which the cloud of canvas had disappeared, a lanyard of the lower rigging parted, with a crack that even reached... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 540 pages
...rose on a sluggish wave — the lingering remains of the former breeze — and settled heavily oyer the rolling surge, borne down alike by its own weight...gazing in the direction in which the little cloud of canvass had disappeared, a lanyard of the lower rigging parted, with a crack that reached the care... | |
| Joseph Lewis French - Fiction - 1921 - 366 pages
...on wings. The vessel rose on a sluggish wave — the lingering remains of the former breeze — and settled heavily over the rolling surge, borne down...lanyard of the lower rigging parted, with a crack that reached the ears of Wilder. "Lie down!" he shouted wildly through his trumpet; " down by the backstays;... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - Fiction - 1991 - 942 pages
...sustained on wings. The vessel rose on a sluggish wave, the lingering remains of the former breeze, and settled heavily over the rolling surge, borne down...gazing in the direction in which the little cloud of canvass had disappeared, a lanyard of the lower rigging parted, with a crack that reached the ears... | |
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