 The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta keeping the lead, from her superior sailing. The greatest...  Rural Repository - Page 91840Full view - About this book
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...signs, increasing as their fears augmented, and thus leading and guiding them to a promised land. • The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pages
...vigilant look-out to be kept from the forecastle, promising to whomsoever should make the discovery, a doublet of velvet, in addition to the pension to...had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the... | |
 | 1828 - 448 pages
...with Mr. Irving in these reasonings. We shall add his account of the actual discovery of land :— " The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...been fresh all day, with more sea than ияиа!, and they had made great progress. At sunset they bad stood again to the west, and were ploughing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta keeping the lead, from her superior sailing. The greatest animation prevailed throughout... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...vigilant look-out shouM be kept from the forecastle, promising to whomsoever should make the discovery a doublet of velvet, in addition to the pension to be given by the sovereigns. " On the 7th of October, they had come seven hundred and fifty leagues, the distance at which Columbus... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...vigilant look-out to be kept from the forecastle, promising, to whomsoever should make the discovery, a doublet of velvet, in addition to the pension to...had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 290 pages
...ordered therefore, a vigilant look out to be kept, promising, to whomsoever should make the discovery, a doublet of velvet, in addition to the pension to be given by the sovereigns." During this day they made great progress, the Pinta taking the lead, on account of her sailing more... | |
 | 1838 - 534 pages
...vigilant look-out to be kept from the forecastle, promising to whomsoever should make the discovery, a doublet of velvet, in addition to the pension to...had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sun-set, they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pages
...signs, increasing as their fears augmented, and thus leading and guiding them to a promised land. " The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1846 - 414 pages
...vigilant look-out to be kept from the forecastle, promising to whomsoever should make the discovery, a doublet of velvet, in addition to the pension to...had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the... | |
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