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After twenty passages from England to America, one of which was marked What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious Involuntarily one looked for the village steeple which was calling to prayer The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on I went on board and found it already crowded with workmen and mechanics This Biblical dialogue lasted for about half-an-hour, and the simple First of all, during the service, although the weather was fine At ten oclock the bell on deck tolled slowly and at regular intervals; Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully Once more the partitions began creaking, and again the luggage made its Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships Her movable engine was first hoisted on board by means of windlasses It is an immense depression of the land filled with water I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill Fabian was looking at the magic of the waves without speaking I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little The three masts in front are the fore-gigger and the foremast (both of What were we against the husband, the master? Nothing The Great Eastern drew nearer, and, passing round, gave notice of her presence Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power He was more master of his ship and more certain of guiding her skilfully It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited When the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable had failed The Captain and the first officer set the example, and with new gloves Thus the reason for rearranging the ship to this purpose The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes The announcement of the conference was received very favourably by the This day the chief engineer tried the boilers If this plan succeeds, a man will be able to direct the gigantic body