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I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: After the long separation which had estranged us from each other But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed Friends exchanged quiet greetings; every one held a Prayer-book in his Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool There was no longer any doubt of icebergs being very near She appeared with her bows towards us, having swung round with the tide; It would have been well if the service had concluded with the reading; It is an immense depression of the land filled with water The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the The group of passengers dispersed, some to the saloons, others to their cabins Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics But now, what was most important, was to prevent another meeting between Whist was impossible, for the tables glided from under the players hands At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses This day the chief engineer tried the boilers I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill Would not the good Yorrick have done the same? I looked at Dean Pitferge; When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed