Say, also, if the tide would have let us do so,' returned the pilot, calmly. 'Gentlemen, we must be prompt; we have but a mile to go, and the ship appears to fly. That top-sail is not enough to keep her up to the wind; we want both jib and mainsail. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - Page 60by James Fenimore Cooper - 1824Full view - About this book
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1824 - 924 pages
...not, as I said before, there is but one alternative." "' If we had beaten out the way we entered ! " exclaimed Griffith, " we should have done well." "...up to the wind ; we want both jib and mainsail'." " 'Tis a perilous thing to loosen canvas in such a tempest," observed the doubtful captain. " It must... | |
| American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...if not, as I said before, there is but an alternative." " If w» had beaten out the way we entered," exclaimed Griffith, " we should have done well." '...her up to the wind ; we want both jib and mainsail." " 'Tis a perilous thing to loosen canvass in such a tempest !" observed the doubtful captain. " It... | |
| Novelist - 1839 - 570 pages
...as I said before, there is but an alternative." " If we had beaten out the way we entered ! tj<wm& Griffith, " we should have done well." " Say also, if the tide would have let us do so," returned U pilot, calmly. " Gentlemen, we must be prompt ; we have mi a mile to go, snd the ship appears to... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...if not, as I said before, thfire is but an alternative." "If we had beaten out the way we entered," exclaimed Griffith, " we should have done well." " Say, also, if the tide would have let us done so," returned the pilot, calmly. " Gentlemen, we must be prompt ; we have but a mile to go, and... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...the old family mansion at Cooperstown. [From " The Pilot."] ESCAPE OF THE ARIEL FROM THE SHOALS. " GENTLEMEN, we must be prompt; we have but a mile to...her up to the wind ; we want both jib and mainsail." " 'T is a perilous thing to loosen canvas in such a tempest! " observed the doubtful captain. " It... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 498 pages
...if not, as I said before, there is but an alternative." "If we had beaten out the way we entered," exclaimed Griffith, "we should have done well." "...her up to the wind; we want both jib and mainsail." " 'T is a perilous thing to loosen canvass in such a tempest!" observed the doubtful captain " It must... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...not, äs I said before, there is btit an alternative." „Tf we had beaten out the way we entered", exclaimed Griffith, „we should have done well." „ Say, also, if the tide wonld have let ns do so", returned the pilot calmly. „Gentlemen, we mnst be prompt; we havo but a... | |
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...there is but an alternative." COMMON-PLACE BOOK OF PROSE. 1' V we had beaten out the way we entered," exclaimed Griffith, " we should have done well." "...we must be prompt ; we have but a mile to go, and tho ship appears to fly. That topsail is not enough to keep her up to the wind ; we want both jib and... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...if not, as I said before, there is lint an alternative." "If we had beaten out the way we cntorrd." exclaimed Griffith, " we should have done well." "...we have but a mile to go. and the ship appears to flv. That topsail is not enough to keep her up to the wind ; we want both jib and mainsail." " 'Tis... | |
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...barely room to pass out of the shoals on this course." " If we had beaten out the way we entered," exclaimed Griffith, "we should have done well." "...her up to the wind ; we want both jib and mainsail." 3. " 'T is a perilous thing to loosen canvas in such a tempest ! " observed the doubtful captain. "... | |
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