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Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist Stretching on either side were two wide streets, or rather boulevards Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several Would not the good Yorrick have done the same? I looked at Dean Pitferge; Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning These wagers, amounting to several hundred dollars, he lost every one; She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; Here opened the pit containing the machinery of the paddle-wheels It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons The engine-rooms were full of steam; leaning over the hatchway It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern Fabian had not recognized her, although he had cried, It is she As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained Chance had brought all three together on the same ship Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the