Such a hurricane as then blew it is folly to attempt describing. The oldest seaman in Norway never experienced anything like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it cleverly took us; but, at the first puff, both our masts went by the board as... The Anglo-American Magazine - Page 2071853Full view - About this book
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...never experienced anything like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it cleverly took us : but, at the first puff, both our masts went by the...was the lightest feather of a thing that ever sat upou water. It had a complete flush deck, with only a small hatch near the bow ; and this hatch it... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...the run before it cleverly took us; biit, at the first puff, both our masts went by the board, äs if they had been sawed off, the mainmast taking with it my youngest brother, who had lashed hiraself to it for safety. „Our boat was the lightest feather of a thing that ever sät upon water.... | |
| 1857 - 662 pages
...had let our sails go by the run before it cleverly took us ; but, at the first puff, both our mast* went by the board as if they had been sawed off —...brother, who had lashed himself to it for safety. " Our lx>at was the lightest feather of a thing that ever sat upon water. It had a complete flush deck, with... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 pages
...never experienced any thing like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it cleverly took us ; but, at the first puff, both our masts went by the board as if they had been sawed off — the mammast taking with it my youngest brother, who had lashed himself to it for safety. " Our boat was... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 568 pages
...never experienced any thing like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it cleverly took us ; but, at the first puff, both our masts went by the...lightest feather of a thing that ever sat upon water. Jt had a complete flush deck, with only a small hatch near the bow, and this hatch it had always been... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...never experienced anything like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it clearly took ns ; but, at the first puff, both our masts went by the board as if they had been sawn off — the mainmast taking with it my youngest brother, who had lashed himself to it for safety.... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - 1078 pages
...never experienced any thing like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it cleverly took us; but, at the first puff, both our masts went by the...thing that ever sat upon water. It had a complete flush'deck, with only a small hatch near the bow, and this hatch it had always been our custom to batten... | |
| Gleanings - 1882 - 548 pages
...never experienced anything like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it clearly took us ; but, at the first puff, both our masts went by the board as if they had been sawn off — the mainmast taking with it my youngest brother, who had lashed himself to it for safety.... | |
| Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 456 pages
...not see each other in the smack. " Such a hurricane as then blew it is folly to attempt describing. At the first puff, both our masts went by the board as if they had been sawed off — the main20 mast taking with it my youngest brother, who had lashed himself to it for safety. " For some... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1901 - 410 pages
...never experienced anything like it. We had let our sails go by the run before it cleverly took us ; but, at the first puff both our masts went by the...safety. " Our boat was the lightest feather of a thing tha' ever sat upon water. It had a complete flush deck, with only a small hateh near the bow, and this... | |
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