 The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the tempest, and the sails were shaking violently, as if to release themselves from their confinement while the ship stemmed the billows, when the well-known voice of...  Works - Page 58by James Fenimore Cooper - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 564 pages
...The third call, " By the deep four ! " was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute this maneuver. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the tempest,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 522 pages
...The third call, " By the deep four! " was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute this manojuvre. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the... | |
 | Readers - 1898 - 264 pages
...care. The third call, " By the deep four," was followed by prompt direction from the stranger to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot in issuing the necessary orders to execute this maneuver. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the tempest,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Literature - 1899 - 420 pages
...The third call, " By the deep four ! " was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute this maneuver. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the tempest,... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender, Ida C. Bender - Readers - 1900 - 530 pages
...third call, " by the deep four ! " was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger to tack. 5 Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute this maneuver. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the tempest,... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender - Literature - 1901 - 266 pages
...seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute this maneuver. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the tempest, and 10 the sails were shaking violently, as if to release themselves from their confinement, while the... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 542 pages
...The third call, " By the deep four! " was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot,...issuing the necessary orders to execute this manoeuvre. when the well-known voice of the sailing-master was heard shouting from the forecastle : " Breakers... | |
 | William T. Vlymen - Readers - 1904 - 520 pages
...The third callof " By the deep four! " was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger, to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute this maneuver. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the tempest,... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Literature - 1910 - 330 pages
...ttiira can ot " By the deep four ! " was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute the maneuver. The vessel rose slowly from the inclined position into which she had been forced by the... | |
 | 1902 - 438 pages
...third call of “By the deep four!” was followed by a prompt direction from the stranger to tack. Griffith seemed to emulate the coolness of the pilot, in issuing the necessary orders to execute this manmivre. The vessel rose slowly from time inclined position into which she had been forced by the... | |
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