 This warning effectually closed all discourse, and the hardy mariners, knowing that they had already done all in the power of man to ensure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety, awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of them the whole ocean...  Cooper's Works: The pilot - Page 68by James Fenimore Cooper - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Literature - 1910 - 330 pages
...piece of steel." " Silence all ! " cried the pilot. " Now, gentlemen, we shall soon know our fate. Let her luff — luff you can." This warning effectually...that they had already done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of... | |
 | 1902 - 438 pages
...“Silence all !“ cried the pilot. “Now, gentlemen, we shall soon know our fate. Let her luff—luff you can This warning effectually closed all discourse,...that they had already done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of... | |
 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher, George Rice Carpenter - English language - 1906 - 306 pages
...whenever she wishes — ARABELLA BUCKLEY: Fairyland of Science. 2. This warning stopped all speech, and the hardy mariners, knowing that they had already done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety, awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of... | |
 | George Philip Krapp - English language - 1908 - 296 pages
...EXERCISE. Parse the italicized nouns in the following passage: 1. This warning stopped all speech, and the hardy mariners, knowing that they had already done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety, awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of... | |
 | Delphian Society - Civilization - 1911 - 578 pages
...like a piece of steel." "Silence all!" cried the pilot. "Now, gentlemen, we shall soon know our fate. Let her luff — luff you can !" This warning effectually...that they had already done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of... | |
 | Will David Howe - Readers - 1912 - 328 pages
...i "Silence all!" cried the pilot. "Now, gentlemen, we shall soon know our fate. Let her luff—luff you can!" This warning effectually closed all discourse;...that they had already done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety, awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 268 pages
...like a piece of steel." " Silence, all ! " cried the pilot. " Now, gentlemen, we shall know our fate. Let her luff — luff you can." This warning effectually...discourse ; and the hardy mariners, knowing that they had done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety awaiting the result.... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 268 pages
...commander of the frigate. " This is no time to spread light duck, but the mainsail may stand it yet." This warning effectually closed all discourse; and the hardy mariners, knowing that they had done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety awaiting the result.... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Dyer, Mary J. Brady - Readers - 1918 - 424 pages
...like a piece of steel." "Silence all!" cried the Pilot. "Now, gentlemen, we shall soon know our fate. Let her luff — luff you can !" This warning effectually...that they had already done all in the power of man to insure their safety, stood in breathless anxiety, awaiting the result. At a short distance ahead of... | |
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