 Now is the time to watch her closely, Mr. Griffith," he cried : " here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quartermaster of your ship in those chains, and let an officer stand by him, and see that he gives us the right water." " I...  The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - Page 55by James Fenimore Cooper - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...occasion. „Now is the time to watch her elosely, Mr. Griffith", he cried; „here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quarter-master...water." „I will take that office on myself", said the eaptain; „pass a light into the weather main-chains." „Stand by your braces!" exclaimed the pilot... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...occasion. " Now is the time to watch her closely, Mr. Griffith," he cried ; " here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quarter-master...those chains, and let an officer stand by him, and sec that he gives us the right water." " I will take that office on myself," said the captain ; " pass... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1859 - 580 pages
...occasion. " Now is the time to watch her closely, Mr. Griffith," he cried ; " here we get the true tide ml the real danger. Place the best quartermaster of your...preparations taught the crew to expect the crisis, andfevery officer and man stood in fearful silence, at his assigned station, awaiting the issue of... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...occasion. " Now is the time to watch her closely, Mr. Griffith," ha cried ; " here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quartermaster...said the captain ; " pass a light into the weather main chains." " Stand by your braces ! " exclaimed the pilot, with startling quickness. " Heave away... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...occasion. " Now is the time to watch her closely, Mr. Griffith," he cried ; " here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quarter-master...said the captain ; "pass a light into the weather main chains." " Stand by your braces ! '' exclaimed the pilot, with startling quickness. " Heave away... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...read.] 1. "Now is the time to watch her closely, Mr. Griffith," said the pilot ; " here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quarter-master...by him, and see that he gives us the right water." 2. " I will take that office on myself," said the captain ; " pass a light into the weather main-chains."... | |
 | English drama - 1864 - 332 pages
...BARNSTABLE, LONG TOM COFFIN, <tc., disemend. Pilot. Now Is the time to watch closely. Here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quarter-master of your ship in those chains. Bar. Ton, Tom, bear a hand in the chains there, and let an officer stand by him, and see that he gives... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...aud the real danger. Place the host quartermaster of your ship in those chains, and let an officei stand by him, and see that he gives us the right water."...pilot with startling quickness. " Heave away that lead !" 20. These preparations taught the crew to expect the crisis, and every officer and man stood in... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - Literature - 1869 - 610 pages
...occasion. " Now is the time to watch her closely, Mr. Griffith," he cried ; " here we get the true and the real danger. Place the best quartermaster...see that he gives us the right water." "I will take the office on myself," said the captain ; " pass a light into the weather main-chains." " Stand by... | |
 | English drama - 1869 - 338 pages
...LONG TOM COFFIN, «frc., discovered. Pilot. Now is the time to watch closely. Here we get the true tide and the real danger. Place the best quarter-master of your ship in those chains. Bar. You, Tom, bear a hand in the chains there, and let an officer stand by him, and see that he gives... | |
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