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The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened The engine was composed of two horizontal cylinders, and presented a system It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed This was done; but powerful as it was, this engine was found insuflficient I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms Hatch, was an orator of no mean power I was willing to content myself with this reason, and in the meantime observed Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: However, the steamer had not yet sunk to the load water-line An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys Near me stood a traveller, who frequently shrugged his shoulders impatiently In this position the deck of the tender was only on a level with the load After the long separation which had estranged us from each other