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The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed This steam-ship is indeed a masterpiece of naval construction; more than The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully of Liverpool, the first to the amount of 538,750 francs What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas One of the surgeons on board embarked to go with them to Liverpool At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken The execution could not fail to be worthy of the work All these good people seemed to have hats and boots of a dazzling brightness Be it as it may, I had not time to observe him more closely With what force must these wooden paddles strike the waves which are now The hull of the Great Eastern is proof against the most formidable seas; They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at This day the chief engineer tried the boilers Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced However, the steamer had not yet sunk to the load water-line One might have thought oneself in the worst part of Upper Thames Street At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned The tender immediately sheered off, and the sailors went to the lows These delays considerably affected the enterprize of the freighters In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over Fabian was looking at the magic of the waves without speaking Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey If this plan succeeds, a man will be able to direct the gigantic body For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings These questions were destined to remain unanswered Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church The Utah missionary was going to hold a meeting on Mormonism; a good opportunity Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal Corsican and I could no longer doubt but that it was Ellen, Fabians betrothed The next day I went down towards the basins which form a double line of