I presume from the stealthy, timorous manner in which they seem to touch the water, and straightway vanish again. By and by, the true wind, the ripple from which had marked the horizon astern of us, and broken the face of the mirror shining brightly everywhere... Scenes and Incidents at Sea. A New Selection - Page 71by Scenes - 1858 - 156 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1831 - 572 pages
...timorous XMupuer ittiWhicti they seem to touch the water, and straightway vanish BgriiQv. ,-By and by, the true wind, the ripple from which had marked the...everywhere else, indicated its approach, by fanning out the skvsails and other flying kites, generally supposed to be superfluous, but which, upon such occasions... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1831 - 570 pages
...stealthy, timorous manner in which they seem to touch the water, and straightway vanish again. By and by, the true wind, the ripple from which had marked the...everywhere else, indicated its approach, by fanning out the sky-ails and other flying kites, generally supposed to be superfluous, but which, upon such occasions... | |
| Basil Hall - Conduct of life - 1831 - 340 pages
...stealthy, timorous manner in which they seem to touch the water, and straightway vanish again. By and by, the true wind, the ripple from which had marked the...and broken the face of the mirror shining brightly every where else, indicated its approach, by fanning out the skysails and other flying kites, generally... | |
| 1832 - 602 pages
...stealthy, timorous manner in which they seem to touch the water and straightway vanish again. By and by, the true wind, the ripple from which had marked the...its approach, by fanning out the sky-sails and other flying-kites, generally supposed to be superfluous, but which upon such occasions as this, do good... | |
| William Pinnock - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1836 - 734 pages
...the face of the mirror shining brightly every where else, — indicated its approach by fanning on the skysails, and other flying kites, generally supposed to be superfluous, but T,rhich upon such occasions as this do good service by catching the first breath of air that seems... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animals - 1845 - 510 pages
...stealthy, timorous manner in which they seem to touch the water, and straightway vanish again. By and by, the true wind, the ripple from which had marked the...the first breath of air, that seems always to float above the water. One by one the sails were filled ; and, as the ship gathered way, every person marked... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Physical geography - 1856 - 346 pages
...stealthy, timorous manner in which they seem to touch the water, and straightway vanish again. By and by, the true wind, the ripple from which had marked the horizon astern of us, and broken the face of ihe mirror shining brightly everywhere else, indicated its approach, by fanning out the sky-sails and... | |
| 1860 - 736 pages
...of us, and broken the faee of the mirror shiuiug brightly every where else, indieated its approaeh, by fanning out the skysails and other flying kites, generally supposed to be superfluous, but whieh, upon sueh oeeasions as this, do good serviee, by eatehing the first breath of air, that seems... | |
| Book - 1867 - 662 pages
...ahead of us, and at two o'clock wo could just see his upper sails above the horizon. Bye and byethe true wind, the ripple from which had marked the horizon...its approach by fanning out the skysails and other Hying kites, which upon such occasions as this do good service, by catching the first breath of air,... | |
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