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He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses One would have taken her for a small island, hardly discernible in the The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion In this position the deck of the tender was only on a level with the load At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power At last I reached the stern of the steam-ship, and the place I had already A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over Numbers of the faithful were already in their places The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of It is an immense depression of the land filled with water At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous