1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30 1 5 10 20 30
One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm On Wednesday night the weather was very bad, my balance was strangely There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous There was no longer any doubt of icebergs being very near One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; Friends exchanged quiet greetings; every one held a Prayer-book in his The sea was magnificent and resplendent beneath the first rays of a spring I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its These wagers, amounting to several hundred dollars, he lost every one; Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church It was an inconvenient position for the wheels, for the paddles not being A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited Thus the reason for rearranging the ship to this purpose Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great