| American periodicals - 1840 - 560 pages
...not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass; not even a quivering at the extreme edges of the sail — so perfectly were...breeze. I was so lost in the sight, that I forgot (he presence of the man who came out with me, until be said, (for he, too, rough old mun-of-war'B man... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass; not even a quivering at the extreme edges of the sail — so perfectly were they distended by the breeze. 1 WHS so lost in the sight, that 1 forgut the presence of the man who came out with me, until he said,... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon t he surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering at the extreme edges of the sail — so perfectly were they distended by the breeze. 1 WHS eo lost in the fight, ttiat I forgut the presence of the man who came out with me, until he »nid,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 740 pages
...sculptured marble, they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail,...he said, (for he, too, rough old man-of-war's man as he was, had been gazing at the show,) half to himself, still looking at the marble sails, ' How... | |
| Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - Sailors - 1840 - 540 pages
...sculptured marble, they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail...out with me, until he said, (for he, too, rough old man-of-war's-man as he was, had been gazing at the show,) half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...sculptured marble, they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail...out with me, until he said, (for he, too, rough old man-of-war' s-man as he was, had been gazing at the show,) half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Readers (Primary) - 1888 - 316 pages
...these sails had been sculptured marble they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas; not even a quivering of...out with me, until he said (for he, too, rough old man-of-war's-man as he was had been gazing at the show), half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 656 pages
...these sails had been sculptured marble they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas ; not even a quivering of...out with me, until he said (for he, too, rough old man-of-war'sman as he was, had been gazing at the show), half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
| Richard Henry Dana - 1890 - 494 pages
...these sails had been sculptured marble they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail, so perfectly were the}' distended by the breeze. I was so lost in the sight that I forgot the presence of the man who... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1899 - 544 pages
...could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas ; not even a quiver of the extreme edges of the sail, so perfectly were...out with me, until he said (for he, too, rough old man-ofwar's-man as he was, had been gazing at the show), half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
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