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When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been There was no heaving to speak of, but the rolling was dreadful I will venture to say he was there more out of curiosity than anything It is an immense depression of the land filled with water Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the When I went on deck, about seven oclock in the morning, the wind had freshened The Great Eastern draws 30 feet of water with a cargo of 28,500 tons The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained I saw an object moving for several moments at the bows, but it turned out The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared At ten oclock a three-mast ship was hailed, sailing astern of us What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious Fabian had not recognized her, although he had cried, It is she Thus the reason for rearranging the ship to this purpose I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; He had told me as much of his past life as he wished me to know; his life Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions After having cast a rapid glance over these fitting works This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry Scarcely had we started, when I saw on the quay a tall young man The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine This day the chief engineer tried the boilers From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys