 ... the result. The ship had fallen off with her broadside to the sea, and was become unmanageable, and the sails were already brought into the folds necessary to her security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvas was thrown across the water...  Works - Page 52by James Fenimore Cooper - 1853Full view - About this book
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Sea stories, American - 1824 - 574 pages
...security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvass was thrown across the water, with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce,..."Barnstable has held on, like himself, to the last moment—God send that the squall leave him cloth enough to keep him from the shore !" " His sails... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvass was thrown across the water, with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce,...observed, " and she must be over the principal danger. We «re falling off before it, Mr. Gray ; shall we try a cast of the lead ?" The pilot turned from his... | |
 | Novelist - 1839 - 570 pages
...arkness and danger unite to appall the seaman. " The schooner has it !" cried Griffith; " Bamstable ha« held on, like himself, to the last moment— God send that the squall leave him cloth chough to keep him from the shore!" " His sails nrc easily handledj" the commander observed, " and... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...her security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvas was thrown across the water with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce,...him cloth enough to keep him from the shore ! " "His Bails are easily handled," the commander observed, "and she must be over the principal danger. We are... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...her security, whcn the quick and heavy fluttering of canvas was thrown across the water with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such Sounds produce,...-Barnstable has held on, like himself, to the last motnent — God send that the squall leave him cloth enough to keep him from the shore!" „His sails... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvass was thrown across the water, with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce,...the seaman. " The schooner has it !" cried Griffith ; " Barustahle has held on, like himself, to the last moment — God send that the squall leave him... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...her security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvas was thrown across the water with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce,...the seaman. " The schooner has it !" cried Griffith ; " Barnetable has held on, like himself, to the last moment — God send that the squall leave him... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1859 - 580 pages
...security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvass was thrown across the water, with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce,...darkness and danger unite to appal the seaman. " The schoomir has it !" cried Griffith ; " Barnstable has hold on, like himself, to the last moment —God... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1862 - 570 pages
...security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvass was thrown across the water, with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce,...keep him from the shore !" -" His sails are easily handled,5' the commander observed, " and she must be over the principal danger. We are falling off... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...her security, when the quick and heavy fluttering of canvas was thrown across the water, with all the gloomy and chilling sensations that such sounds produce, where darkness and danger unite to appall the seaman. " The schooner has it!" cried Griffith : " Barnstable has held on, like himself,... | |
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