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I pictured to myself this enormous bulk borne on the waves The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced An anchor-boat, intended for this purpose, had just stoppered on the chains Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey During Monday night the sea was very stormy Immediately the valves open, the steam from the boilers rushes along the The announcement of the conference was received very favourably by the With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now The Great Eastern was announced to sail on the 20th of March I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; The last three astern are the after-main-mast, mizen-mast Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics At last I reached the stern of the steam-ship, and the place I had already Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon After each verse the congregation murmured the one following; the shrill Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel This costly operation accomplished, a long crack in her exterior plates The engine-rooms were full of steam; leaning over the hatchway