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...e hunger to-morrow--a man in such straits has hardly time to think of anything but himself, and, as in a sinking ship, must make his own rush for the boats, and fight, struggle, and trample for safety....

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...ing but himself, and, as in a sinking ship, must make his own rush for the boats, and fight, struggle, and trample for safety. In the midst of such a ... ...etch cowering under the bridge arch, as the waves come rushing in, and the boats are whirling away in the drift of the great swollen black waters. And...

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... been chief officer in the P . & O. service in the good old days when mail-boats were square- rigged at least on two masts, and used to come down the ... ...How the devil did he get there? … ‘Hallo!’ we shouted. ‘I am adrift in our boat without oars,’ he cried. A belated waterman offered his ser- vices, an... ...the matter, caught up his wife, ran on deck, and across, and down into our boat, which was fast to the ladder. Not bad for a sixty-year-old. Just imag... ... was not a dry spot in the ship. She was being gutted bit by bit. The long-boat changed, as if by magic, into matchwood where she stood in her gripes.... ...s the crew demanded to put back—and re- ally there was nothing else to do. Boats gone, decks swept clean, cabin gutted, men without a stitch but what ... ... months—put back three times.’ On holidays the small boys pulling about in boats would hail, ‘Judea, ahoy!’ and if a head showed above the rail shoute... ... derision and a byword to generations of long- shore loafers and dishonest boatmen. I obtained three months’ pay and a five days’ leave, and made a ru... ...of Byron’s works and a new railway rug to show for three months’ work. The boatman who pulled me off to the ship said: ‘Hallo! I thought 13 Joseph Co... ...vel, which was left down below. “Things began to look bad. We put the long-boat into the water. The second boat was ready to swing out. We had also an...

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...ght coarse hair dyed a mahogany tint, was the tindal of the crew—a kind of boatswain’s or serang’s mate. The other, sitting beside him on the booms, w... ...ng without looking at the man behind him. “Between the islands there was a boat,” pro- nounced the man very softly. The serang, his hands behind his b... ...eacannie bent down a little from the height of the wheel grating. “I saw a boat,” he murmured with something of the tender obstinacy of a lover beggin... ...omething of the tender obstinacy of a lover begging for a favour. “I saw a boat, O Haji Wasub! Ya! Haji Wasub!” The serang had been twice a pilgrim, a... ...pulls out to a great length,” said the pertinacious helmsman. “There was a boat, just clear of the easternmost island. There was a boat, and they in h... ...s; and the beggars got to windward of us by fair words, till one morning a boat’s crew from the Frenchman’s ship found the girl lying dead on the beac... ...n hear nothing. Badroon heard the noise in his mind.” “The night hides the boat.” “Have you seen it?” “Yes, Tuan. Small boat. Before sunset. By the la... ...ered Lingard, moving his feet uneas- ily. “I believe you lie. What kind of boat?” “White men’s boat. A four-men boat, I think. Small. Tuan, I hear him... ...ensive, and woke up a hostile feeling. “No! you don’t if you care for your boat. Where do you spring from? Who are you—anyhow? How many of you are the...

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...ship of a light blue sentinel, whose musket glittered in the sun. Numerous boats were seen, incontinently, to put off from the little shore. And now o... ...h black worsted, and ornamented with a shin- ing gold cord. A little squat boat, rowed by three ragged gallegos, came bouncing up to the ship. Into t... ...f England, about the size of a pocket-handkerchief,—and at the bows of the boat, the man-of-war’s pennant, being a strip of bunting considerably under... ...anish ground. We fol- lowed Lieutenant Bundy, but humbly in the providor’s boat; that officer going on shore to purchase fresh eggs, milk for tea (in ... ...or which it is said the rocks of Vigo are famous. It was low tide, and the boat could not get up to the dry shore. Hence it was necessary to take adv... ...dle, which looked as if it would have seized and twirled round that little boat and its light, and destroyed them for ever and ever. All the passenger... ...rs, of course, came crowding to the ship’s side to look at the bold little boat. “I say!” howled a man; “I say!—a word!—I say!Pasagero! Pasagero!Pasag... ...t that the lieutenant has a soft heart, and felt for the poor devil in the boat who was howling so piteously “Pasagero!” But the captain was resolute.... ... we all felt somehow disappointed, and looked back wistfully at the little boat, jumping up and down far astern now; the poor little light shining in ...

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... Boldheart. ‘Boy, my harpoon. Let no man follow;’ and leaping alone into his boat, the captain rowed with admirable dexterity in the direction of the ... ... drowning giant, was the work of a moment. Maddening was the excitement when boats were lowered; intense the joy when the captain was seen holding up ... ... Boldheart, and asked for quarter. Scarce had he been put into the captain’s boat, ere ‘The Scorpion’ went down with all on board. On Capt. Boldheart’... ...rive you of the power of spiting other boys. I shall turn you adrift in this boat. You will find in her two oars, a compass, a bottle of rum, a small ... ...m and his officers there. Apprehensive of treach ery, Boldheart ordered his boat’s crew to attend him com pletely armed. And well were it for other... ...kens 23 night was illumined by the light of an immense fire. Order ing his boat’s crew (with the intrepid though illiterate Wil liam at their head)... ... acutely to feel the errors of his past career. The captain then ordered his boat’s crew to make ready for a volley, and after firing to re load quick... ...is father had put to sea to seek his long lost son, the captain sent his own boat on board the stranger to inquire if this was so, and, if so, whether... ...o, and, if so, whether his father’s intentions were strictly honourable. The boat came back with a present of greens and fresh meat, and reported tha...

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..., and always poorly,” he replied. “Fishing on the coast, when one hasn’t a boat or deep-sea nets, nothing but pole and line, is a very uncertain busin... ... says it—the sea bends under them. Pierre was a deep-sea fisherman. He had boats, and fished for sardine, also for the big fishes, and sold them to de... ...imself. Pierre Cambremer, as if it was ordained, came back that day in his boat; as he landed he saw a bit of paper floating in the water, and he pick... ...ged and condemned,’ replied Pierre; ‘you must now help me carry him to the boat.’ “She refused; and Cambremer carried him alone; he laid him in the bo... ...refused; and Cambremer carried him alone; he laid him in the bottom of the boat, tied a stone to his neck, took the oars and rowed out of the cove to ... ...ouldn’t carry her the whole distance home, so they had to put her into the boat which had just served to kill her son, and they rowed back round the t... ..., didn’t last a week. She died begging her hus- band to burn that accursed boat. Oh, he did it! As for him, he became I don’t know what; he staggered ...

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...neighbourhood of the inn looked pretty lonely at that time of day, for the boat had just gone north with passengers. A skiff, however, lay beside the ... ...uis Stevenson ing on the thwarts; this, as Ransome told me, was the brig’s boat waiting for the captain; and about half a mile off, and all alone in t... ... a lawyer. “Ay, ay,” said he, “he passed me word of that. But, ye see, the boat’ll set ye ashore at the town pier, and that’s but a penny stonecast fr... ...assing his arm through mine, he continued aloud, as he set off towards his boat: “But, come, what can I bring ye from the Carolinas? Any friend of Mr.... ...lood? — take your pick and say your pleasure.” By this time we were at the boat-side, and he was handing me in. I did not dream of hanging back; I tho... ...as rejoiced to see the ship. As soon as we were all set in our places, the boat was thrust off from the pier and began to move over the waters: and wh... ...ed myself clear of him and ran to the bulwarks. Sure enough, there was the boat pulling for the town, with my uncle sitting in the stern. I gave a pie... ...hours and tell me of his wife and child. He was a fisher that had lost his boat, and thus been driven to the deep-sea voyaging. Well, it is years ago ... ...’s struck!” said Mr. Riach. “No, sir,” said the captain. “We’ve only run a boat down.” And they hurried out. The captain was in the right of it. We ha...

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.... A number of fishing- 24 Around the World in 80 Days smacks and coasting boats, some retaining the fantastic fash- ion of ancient galleys, were disc... ...of the Mongolia. The porters and fellahs rushed down the quay, and a dozen boats pushed off from the shore to go and meet the steamer. Soon her gigant... ...icturesque panorama of the town, while the greater part disembarked in the boats, and landed on the quay. Fix took up a position, and carefully examin... ...the quay, gave some orders to Passepartout, went off to the Mongolia in a boat, and descended to his cabin. He took up his note-book, which contained... ...hour in advance of time. Fix saw them leave the carriage and push off in a boat for the steamer, and stamped his feet with disappointment. “The rascal... ...AT IS SAID TO HIM The Rangoon—one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s boats plying in the Chinese and Japanese seas— was a screw steamer, built o... ...ill they reached Hong Kong? Fogg had an abominable way of jumping from one boat to an- other, and, before anything could be effected, might get full u... ...y of twenty hours, by making him too late for 79 Jules Verne the Yokohama boat, would almost inevitably cause the loss of the wager. But this man of ... ...o console him by saying that Mr. Fogg would be in time if he took the next boat; but this only put Passepartout in a passion. Mr. Fogg, bolder than hi...

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... good while later had more heart for play than work. Cricket, bathing, and boating were his delight; and though his school-work was conscientiously ac... ...George May Coleridge; and here the brothers and sisters climbed the rocks, boated, fished, and ran exquisitely wild in the summer holi- days. Christma... ...at the dinner annually given by the eleven of cricket and the eight of the boats at the hotel at Slough. A custom had arisen among some of the boys of... ...tating what had passed, he adds: ‘At this dinner, where the captain of the boats manages it, I should be his guest, and therefore any similar act of m... ...of can- nibalism hung about many of the islands, and there was no doubt of boats’ crews having been lost among them, but in most cases there had been ... ...cable, and they were to cruise in company, the ‘Undine’ serving as a pilot boat or tender on coasts where the only guide was ‘a few rough sketches col... ..., on some higher ground, northwest of it, is reached from the harbour by a boat ascending a creek to within a mile of the buildings, so that we shall ... ...g that we were in for some mudlarking. Off we went, lugged down a borrowed boat to the water, tide being out. I took one oar, a Maori another, and off... ...very well. After a while the Bishop and I went off to shore, in one of his boats, pulled by two of the crew, Lowestoft fisher- men, fine young fellows...

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...e of rock amongst some bushes, nearly knocking the bottom out of one of my boats in the course of that nautical operation. Then, all my crew assisting... ...e day she first took the water, sailed like a witch, steered like a little boat, and, like some fair women of adventurous life famous in history, seem... ...d finished breakfast a quarter-master came to tell me that Captain Allen’s boat was coming our way. His smart gig dashed alongside, and in two bounds ... ...wo of them, one after another, smashing them to pieces, and then lowered a boat on purpose to pull out a third, which I had a lot of trouble six month... ...andah went out. I waited a while longer then continued down the path to my boat, wondering more than ever. I remember the occurrences of that visit es... ... hung about his quarter- deck mumbling to himself; and when he ordered his boat to be manned it was in an angry voice. Freya’s existence, which lifted... ...he question somewhat amus- ing. He looked humorously down into Heemskirk’s boat, and answered, in the most amiable modulations of his beautiful voice:... ...t, vibrating waves. The lieutenant was down at the cove, whistling for the boat to come and take him off to his ship. And he seemed to be in a terrifi... ...pon the two vessels, in a world that itself seemed but a delicate dream, a boat pulled by Javanese sailors crossing the dark lane of water came alongs...

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...s; not so very much short of a thousand miles at one pull. A pretty lonesome boat; there warn’t but few passengers, and all old folks, that set around... ...scribed. Then I went down to the wharf and hid my things aboard the up river boat that we had picked out, and then started back and had another streak... ...s stock of old rusty second handers. We got the di’monds and went aboard the boat. “But now we was up a stump, for we couldn’t go to bed. We had to se... ...e door very soft and gentle. “There warn’t nobody stirring anywhere, and the boat was slipping along, swift and steady, through the big water in the s... ... the white feather — well, I knowed better than do that. I kind of hoped the boat would land somers, and we could skip ashore and not have to run the ... ...of it. I set there and played with my di’monds and waited and waited for the boat to start, but she didn’t. You see, they was mend ing her machinery,... ...ery, but I didn’t know anything about it, not being very much used to steam boats. “Well, to cut the tale short, we never left there till plumb noon;... ... and it made me just sick. I says to myself, if he finds out I’m aboard this boat, he’s got me like a rat in a trap. All he’s got to do is to have me ... ...on the rain come a drenching down, and the wind blowed hard. Of course every boat hand fixed a gunny sack and put it on like a bonnet, the way they do...

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... a place where, between the sides of two big ships, he could see the ferry-boats pass; the large pyramidal low-laden ferry-boats of American waters. H... ...with his first and fairest acquaintance. The breath of the Potomac, on the boat, had been a little harsh, but on the softly-curving lawn, beneath the ... .... For the rest of the trip he was rather restless. He wan- dered about the boat, talking little with the returning picnickers. Toward the last, as the... ... little as if he had been pitched out of an over- turned vehicle, till the boat bumped against one of the outstanding piles of the wharf at which Mrs.... ...w much was taking place—and poor Count Otto mainly felt it in the air. The boat was touching the wharf and the space between the pair in- considerable...

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...ard the splash and they raised an awful hullabaloo. `He’s gone! Lower the boats! He’s committed suicide! No, he’s swimming.’ Certainly I was swimmin... ...me to commit suicide by drowning. I landed on the nearest islet before the boat left the ship’s side. I heard them pulling about in the dark, hailing,... ...n him, and so when the voice outside the door announced, “There’s a ship’s boat coming our way, sir,” I saw him give a start—the first movement he had... ...is ship now. I desired my mate, who had joined us, to see to the captain’s boat. The man of whiskers gave a blast on the whistle which he used to wear... ...ficers, he had the opportunity to address me. “Seems a very nice man. His boat’s crew told our chaps a very extraordinary story, if what I am told by... ...a little money to buy some fruit and veg- etables for the crew from native boats as we go through Sunda Straits.” He shook his head. “Take it,” I urge...

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..................................................................... 197 THE BOAT ON THE SERCHIO. ......................................................... ...es of thy sweet singing, Far far away into the regions dim Of rapture—as a boat, with swift sails winging Its way adown some many-winding river, ... ...5. 5. 5. Rest, rest, and shriek not, thou gentle child! The rocking of the boat thou fearest, And the cold spray and the clamour wild?— ... ...as he did with physical pain. There are few who remember him sailing paper boats, and watching the navi- gation of his tiny craft with eagerness—or re... ... whose hues they bear afar; The plumed insects swift and free, Like golden boats on a sunny sea, Laden with light and odour, which pass Over the gleam... ...y from the fate of his brother To his own with the speed of despair. Lo! a boat Advances; twelve rowers with the impulse of thought Urge on the keen k... ... _15 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. ‘Our boat has one sail And the helmsman is pale;— A bold pilot I trow, 177 Shel... ... _35 One boat-cloak did cover The loved and the lover— Their blood beats one measure... ... enlarged by Rossetti, “Com- plete Poetical Works of P . B. S.”, 1870. Our boat is asleep on Serchio’s stream, Its sails are folded like thoughts in a...

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...g. In front of them, at the corner of the lake, near the road, was a mossy boat-house under a walnut tree, and a little landing-stage where a boat was... ...n, decayed poles. All was shadowy with com- ing summer. Suddenly, from the boat-house, a white figure ran out, frightening in its swift sharp transit,... ...of her trance, hearing the knocking of oars. She looked round. There was a boat with a gaudy Japanese parasol, and a man in white, rowing. The woman w... ...d saw the girl standing by the water’s edge, looking at him. He pulled the boat towards her, magnetically, without thinking of her. In his world, his ... ...re you doing?’ ‘How do you do, Hermione? I was sketching.’ ‘Were you?’ The boat drifted nearer, till the keel ground on the bank. ‘May we see? I shoul... ..., will you?’ Gudrun reached out the sketch-book, Gerald stretched from the boat to take it. And as he did so, he remembered Gudrun’s last words to him... ...r perfectly, like the rocking of phospho- rescence. He looked round at the boat. It was drifting off a little. He lifted the oar to bring it back. And... ...e oar to bring it back. And the exquisite pleasure of slowly arresting the boat, in the heavy-soft water, was complete as a swoon. ‘That’s what you ha... ...ok when he had not properly got it, and it tumbled against the side of the boat and bounced into the water. ‘There!’ sang Hermione, with a strange rin...

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...screams from the crew summoned the captain. ‘They are putting out the long-boat,’ was the cry; ‘they will board us!’ ‘Madame! I entreat of you, shut y... ...and, and she then requested the Reis to land her and her suite in his long-boat on the Spanish coast, which could 43 Yo n g e be seen in the distance... ...of light shim- mering on the waters to lead the exiles home. Three or four boats were drawn up on the beach; a man rose up from within one, and words ... ...ing its packs, a long T urkish blunderbuss, and two skins of water, in the boat, and arranging a mat on which Arthur could lay the sleeping child. Wel... ... and alone Of these sinks never to the briny deep.’ —Odyssey (Cowper). THE BOAT WAS PUSHED OFF, the Abyssinian leapt into it; Arthur paused to pour ou... ... the search was over to-day; but yes- terday I saw yon carle, and coft the boatie frae him for the wee blackamoor and the mule. The Moors at El Aziz a... ...’m not feared for them; but forbye that, this is no the season for an open boatie wi’ a crew of three and a wean. Gin we met an Algerian or T unisian ... ...ear, he decided on availing themselves of the shel- ter they afforded. The boat was steered into a narrow chan- nel between two which stood up like th... ...e large enough to be a desert of sea and sky to the little crew of an open boat, even though they were favoured by the weather. Otherwise, in- deed, t...

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...et his early 82 A Personal Record death. Like one of the men in his “Open Boat,” one felt that he was of those whom fate seldom allows to make a safe... ...y I ever spent on salt water was by invitation, in a big half-decked pilot-boat, cruising under close reefs on the lookout, in misty, blowing weather,... ... made the guest of the corporation of pilots, and had the freedom of their boats night or day. And many a day and a night, too, did I spend cruising w... ... of the future, I walked down the quay of the Vieux Port to join the pilot-boat of my friends. I knew where she would be waiting for her crew, in the ... ...under a thick jacket and bends his head over it in the light cast into the boat. Time’s up. His pleasant voice commands, in a quiet undertone, “Largue... ... with the regular tug of four heavy sweeps in the bow, the big half-decked boat full of men glides out of the black, breathless shadow of the fort. Th... ...reeze keen enough to have come straight down from the frozen moon, and the boat, after the clatter of the hauled-in sweeps, seems to stand at rest, su... ... nature of material things. For hours I suppose no word was spoken in that boat. The pilots, seated in two rows facing each other, dozed, with their a... ...d to float to- ward us—so steady, so imperceptible was the progress of our boat. “Keep her in the furrow of the moon,” the patron di- rected me, in a ...

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... one hesitates to regret his early death. Like one of the men in his “Open Boat,” one felt that he was of those whom fate seldom allows to make a safe... ... I ever spent on salt water was by invitation, in a big half-decked pilot- boat, cruising under close reefs on the look-out, in 114 Some Reminiscence... ... made the guest of the Corporation of Pilots, and had the freedom of their boats night or day. And many a day and a night too did I spend cruising wit... ... of the future, I walked down the quay of the Vieux Port to join the pilot-boat of my friends. I knew where she would be waiting for her crew, in the ... ...under a thick jacket and bends his head over it in the light cast into the boat. Time’s up. His pleasant voice commands in a quiet undertone “Larguez.... ... with the regular tug of four heavy sweeps in the bow, the big half-decked boat full of men glides out of the black breathless shadow of the Fort. The... ...reeze keen enough to have come straight down from the frozen moon, and the boat, after the clatter of the hauled-in sweeps, seems to stand at rest, su... ... nature of material things. For hours I suppose no word was spoken in that boat. The pilots seated in two rows facing each other dozed with their arms... ...ed to float towards us—so steady, so imperceptible was the progress of our boat. “Keep her in the furrow of the moon,” the patron directed me in a qui...

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...ople like them can know, on every lovely object in the fair prospect around. Boat follows boat, and coach succeeds coach, for the next three hours; bu... ...arriages, and penalties for hiring them — penalties for travelling in steam boats, and penalties for taking passengers — penalties on vessels com m...

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...ve, smiling, and fatigued. The jour- ney from London to Sta. Marta in mail boats and the special carriages of the Sta. Marta coast-line (the only rail... ...had on this important occasion instructed Captain Mitchell to put the mail-boat Juno at the dis- posal of the distinguished party. Don Vincente, jour-... ... Tome silver for shipment to San Francisco in one of the O.S.N. Co.’s mail-boats had, of course, “marked an epoch” for Captain Mitchell. The ingots pa... ... Not the slightest difficulty. Consider it done.” Going ashore in the same boat with the Goulds, Don Jose Avellanos was very silent. Even in the Gould... ...n sa- lutes for the President-Dictator and the War Minis- ter. As the mail-boat headed through the pass, the badly timed reports announced the end of ... ...Staff had been embarked, the steamer’s gig was awaiting the general at the boat steps; and Barrios, after a fierce stare of his one eye, began to take... ...ay anything of my mother! Our mothers were like sisters. There is the mail-boat for the south next week—let us go. That Moraga is a fool! A man like M... ...imid and fool- ish, selling water-melons on the market-place or row- ing a boat for passengers along the harbour, like a soft Neapolitan without coura... ... there was not a sound but the thud of Nostromo’s feet leap- ing about the boat. He hoisted the big sail; a breath of wind fanned Decoud’s cheek. Ever...