 | 1846 - 664 Seiten
...we could scarcely keep our feet, much less render any assistance to the vessel. The motion, indeed, was so great, that the ship's bell, which in the heaviest...unpleasant association it was calculated to produce. In anticipation of the worst, we determined to attempt placing the launch upon the ice under the lee,... | |
 | 1857 - 1196 Seiten
...skill of the seaman is of no avail. Admiral Beechey relates that, in one case, "the motion of the ship was so great, that the ship's bell, which, in the...muffled, for the purpose of escaping the unpleasant associations it was calculated to excite." Often, when the perilous crisis seems furthest off, it is,... | |
 | Frederick William Beechey - 1843 - 392 Seiten
...could scarcely keep our h feet, much less render any assistance to the vessel. The motion, indeed, was so great, that the ship's bell, which in the heaviest...unpleasant association it was calculated to produce. In anticipation of the worst, we determined to attempt placing the launch upon the ice under the lee,... | |
 | 1850 - 638 Seiten
...awaken our serious apprehensions." During this period of agony and suspense, the motion of the ship was so great, that the ship's bell, which in the heaviest gale had never been known to strike spontaneously, now tolled, as it seemed a filling accompaniment to the... | |
 | 1845 - 376 Seiten
...we could scarcely keep our feet, much less render any assistance to the vessel. The motion, indeed, was so great, that the ship's bell, which in the heaviest...unpleasant association it was calculated to produce. In anticipation of the worst, we determined to attempt placing the launch upon the ice under the lee,... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1846 - 400 Seiten
...he says, " was so great that the aliip'i bell, which in the heaviest gale of wind had never strurk of itself, now tolled so continually that it was ordered...ceased, and the pack broke up sufficiently to release die ships, which were so disabled that tho Dorothea was in a foundering condition. They made the best... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 Seiten
...timbers from below bespoke a pressure which was calculated to awaken our serious apprehensions Her motion was so great that the ship's bell, which in the heaviest...unpleasant association it was calculated to produce." At length providentially the gale abated, and the ships were got into an open sea, but the Dorothea... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1851 - 402 Seiten
...our serious apprehensions Her motion was so great that the crew. "Each person instinctively secured ship's bell, which in the heaviest gale of wind had...unpleasant association it was calculated to produce." At length providentially the gale abated, and the ships were got into an open sea, but the Dorothea... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1852 - 424 Seiten
...we could scarcely keep our feet, much less render any assistance to the vessel. The motion, indeed, was so great, that the ship's bell, which, in the...muffled, for the purpose of escaping the unpleasant as sociation it was calculated to produce. " In anticipation of the worst, we determined to at tempt... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1853 - 274 Seiten
...we could scarcely keep our feet, much less render any assistance to the vessel. The motion, indeed, was so great, that the ship's bell, which in the heaviest gale of wind had never struck of itself.now tolled so continually, that it was ordered to be muffled, for the purpose of escaping the.... | |
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The motion, indeed, was so great, that the ship's bell, which in the heaviest gale of wind had never struck of itself, now tolled so continually, that it was ordered to be muffled, for the purpose of escaping the unpleasant association it was calculated... 
