 ... for the first time, into its proper element. After this evolution, the whale rolled heavily, and seemed to rest from further efforts. His slightest movements were closely watched by Barnstable and his cockswain, and, when he was in a state of comparative...  Cooper's Works: The pilot - Page 240by James Fenimore Cooper - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Art - 1824 - 436 pages
...tins, which was, at timrs, as rue animal yielded sluggishly to the eciion of the waves, exposed 10 view. The cockswain poised his harpoon with much precision, and then darted it from him with H violence that buried the iron in Ibe blubber ol the foe. The instant the blow was made, hjug Tom... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...his cockswain, and when he was in a state of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew, to ply their oars once more. A few long and vigorous...of the waves, exposed to view. The cockswain poised ltis harpoon, with much precision, and then darted it from him with a violence that buried the iron... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...his cockswain, and, when he was in a state of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew to ply their oars once more. A few long and vigorous...from him with a violence that buried the iron in the body of their foe. The instant the blow was made, long Tom shouted with singular earnestness — "... | |
 | Readers - 1833 - 224 pages
...their oars once more. A few long and vigorous s rokes sent the boat directly up to the broadside ot the whale, with its bows pointing towards one of the...from him with a violence that buried the iron in the body of their foe. The instant the blow was made, long Tom shouted with singular earnesiaess — "Starnali!"... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - English literature - 1835 - 470 pages
...his cockswain, and, when he was in a state of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew to ply their oars once more. A few long and vigorous...from him with a violence that buried the iron in the body of their foe. The instant the blow was made, long Tom shouted with singular earnestness — "... | |
 | Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...cockswain, and when he was in a state of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew to ply the oars once more. A few long and vigorous strokes sent...directly up to the broadside of the whale, with its bows pointed to one of the fins, which was at times, as the animal yielded sluggishly to the action of the... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1842 - 580 pages
...his cockswain, and when he was in a state of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew, to ply their oars once more. A few long and vigorous...harpoon with much precision, and then darted it from hifti with a violence that buried the iron in the blubber of their foe. The instant the blow was made,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 498 pages
...his cockswain, and when he was in a state of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew to ply their oars once more. A few long and vigorous...from him with a violence that buried the iron in the blubbei of their foe. The instant the blow was made, long Tom shouted, with singular earnestness—... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...his cockswain, and, when he was in a state of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew to ply their oars once more. A few long and vigorous...from him with a violence that buried the iron in the body of their foe. The instant the blow was made, long Tom shouted with singular earnestness — "... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...his cockswain, and when he was in a sbite of comparative rest, the former gave a signal to his crew to ply their oars once more. A few long and vigorous...sluggishly to the action of the waves, exposed to vie w. The cockswain poised his harpoon with much precision, and then darted it from him with a violence... | |
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