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Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool I left my cabin, and helping myself with hands and feet through the billows These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great These magnificent rooms are lighted by side sky-lights, supported on elegant-gilded With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the But now, what was most important, was to prevent another meeting between I returned by the boulevards on the starboard side, avoiding contact with I was on the poop at the bows with several other passengers at this moment The lines of the Great Eastern are very elongated; her straight stem is This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at At Princes Landing-Stage, a small tug in the service of the Great Eastern Everything was finished by evening; not a trace of mud was visible on the What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; There alone, and leaning over the taffrail, we surveyed the great expanse Thus the reason for rearranging the ship to this purpose I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm I will venture to say he was there more out of curiosity than anything At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter The sea was magnificent and resplendent beneath the first rays of a spring We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen At ten oclock a three-mast ship was hailed, sailing astern of us For five days operations continued with distracting activity First of all, during the service, although the weather was fine From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been Therefore, to the great regret of the sailors, it had to be abandoned Thus, in the midst of the fog, officers and sailors were obliged to keep All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons These questions were destined to remain unanswered Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal