 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 764 pages
...Parry, in his narrative?, " the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up die Sound. The mast-heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 686 pages
...to describe (he continues) the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The masts' heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon; and an unconcerned observer... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 674 pages
...to describe (he continues) the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The masts' heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 pages
...to describe (he continues) the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The masts' heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...describe the almost breathless anxiety,' says captain Parry, ' which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we...the eagerness with which the various reports from ihe crow's-nest were received, all however hitherto favorable to our most sanguine hopes.'— p. 31.... | |
 | 1832 - 602 pages
...imagine than describe, the almost breathless anxiety, which was now visible, in every countenance, while as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The mast heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer,... | |
 | 1850 - 638 pages
...imagine tli:in to describe the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we...whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer, if anj could have been unconcerned on such an occasion would have been amused by the eagerness with which... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1846 - 190 pages
...imagine, than to describe, the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the PROGRESS OF THE SHIPS. 83 sound. The mast-heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 pages
...to imagine than to describe the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we...officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and au unconcerned observer, if any could have been unconcerned on such an occasion, would have been amused... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 pages
...than described. Report after report was made from the mast-heads, which were crowded with officers, " and an unconcerned observer, if any could have been...would have been amused by the eagerness with which they were received." In this state of anxious suspense they continued standing on until they had attained... | |
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It is more easy to imagine, than to describe the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. 
