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She alone, thanks to her perfect indifference to the sea of Liverpool, the first to the amount of 538,750 francs The sea was magnificent and resplendent beneath the first rays of a spring The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves