The sailing boat: a description of English and foreign boats |
Términos y frases comunes
abaft amidships ancient BALHAM ballast bamboo block boom bottom bows bowsprit brails breadth of beam built buoyancy cabin canoes canvas capsized carry catamaran Chinese coast coble construction coracle crew cutter danger deck ELIZA COOK engraving fast feet in length fishing fitted flat fore and aft fore-sail gale galley gunning-punt gunwale gybe halliards haul heavy sea helm hoisted hollowed hull inches invention iron islanders lateen sails life-boat light lower luff lug-sail luggers main-sail main-sheet manner mast mizzen narrow oars open boats outrigger paddle peak placed planks pleasure boats proa prow punt reef revolving keel revolving rig rivers rope round rowers rowing rowlocks rudder running sailing boat schooner secured shape sheave sheet ship shrouds side skiff smooth water spars spreet sprit-sail squall steering stem stern strong tack thwart trim trunk upset vessel voyages waves weather whilst wild-fowl wind windward yacht yard yawl
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Página 142 - Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger, a damsel train behind?
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Página 125 - A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys. While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind...
Página 10 - Thus sung they in the English boat A holy and a cheerful note, And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time.
Página 106 - D'ye mind me, a sailor should be every inch All as one as a piece of the ship, And with her brave the world without offering to flinch, From the moment the anchor's a-trip.
Página 217 - It is made to lean or incline very much forward; the head is forked; on the two points of which the yard rests, as on two pivots, by means of two strong cleats of wood secured to each side of the yard, at about one-third its length from the tack or heel, which, when under sail, is confined...
Página 262 - The morn was lovely, every wave was still, When the first perfume of a cedar-hill Sweetly awaked us, and with smiling charms The fairy harbour woo'd us to its arms.
Página 158 - twould have to tell Of wandering youths like me ! Now rest thee here, My gondolier ; Hush, hush, for up I go. To climb yon light Balcony's height, While thou keep'st watch below. Ah ! did we take for Heaven above But half such pains as we Take, day and night, for woman's love, What Angels we should be ! OH, DAYS OF YOUTH.
Página 272 - Pacific Ocean. Their paddles are small and light; the shape, in some measure, resembling that of a large leaf, pointed at the bottom, broadest in the middle, and gradually losing itself in the shaft, the whole being about five feet long.
Página 159 - And through the city, in a stately barge Of gold, were borne with songs and symphonies . Twelve ladies young and noble. Clad they were In bridal white with bridal ornaments, Each in her glittering veil; and on the deck, As on a burnished throne, they glided by...