Ships and sailors, ancient and modern, by C.C. Cotterill and E.D. Littleand Halliday, 1868 - 350 頁 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 48 筆
第 11 頁
... crew . Josephus was wrecked in a ship which carried 600 people . Such vessels must have been from 500 to 1000 tons burden . Lucian gives us the description of one of these same Alexandrian corn - vessels ; and from careful calculations ...
... crew . Josephus was wrecked in a ship which carried 600 people . Such vessels must have been from 500 to 1000 tons burden . Lucian gives us the description of one of these same Alexandrian corn - vessels ; and from careful calculations ...
第 14 頁
... crew of a trireme at the time of the Pelo- ponnesian war consisted on the average of 170 oars- men , 30 supernumeraries or marines , the pilot , the boatswain , the keleustes , and perhaps half - a - dozen officers . The duties of most ...
... crew of a trireme at the time of the Pelo- ponnesian war consisted on the average of 170 oars- men , 30 supernumeraries or marines , the pilot , the boatswain , the keleustes , and perhaps half - a - dozen officers . The duties of most ...
第 18 頁
... crews pushing them off with poles , while they shouted to one another to keep away , and abused one another freely , till it was impossible to hear the captain's orders , or the directions of the conductor . Not being very skilful ...
... crews pushing them off with poles , while they shouted to one another to keep away , and abused one another freely , till it was impossible to hear the captain's orders , or the directions of the conductor . Not being very skilful ...
第 19 頁
... crews were slain , while some leapt overboard and escaped . The Peloponnesians now attempted to tow off the conquered triremes , and succeeded with some , one of which had all the crew on board ; but others were gallantly rescued by the ...
... crews were slain , while some leapt overboard and escaped . The Peloponnesians now attempted to tow off the conquered triremes , and succeeded with some , one of which had all the crew on board ; but others were gallantly rescued by the ...
第 20 頁
... crews began to hold their ships up and wait for the others , while some , not knowing the coast , got aground . On the other hand , the Athenians were just as much emboldened as the enemy was disheartened , and putting out dashed ...
... crews began to hold their ships up and wait for the others , while some , not knowing the coast , got aground . On the other hand , the Athenians were just as much emboldened as the enemy was disheartened , and putting out dashed ...
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熱門章節
第 1 頁 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
第 345 頁 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the" world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations...
第 179 頁 - Revenge, and asked Sir Richard what he would command him, being but one of the victuallers and of small force : Sir Richard bid him save himself and leave him to his fortune.
第 257 頁 - The moment arrived in which the word was to be given for the vessel to move. My friends were in groups on the deck. There was anxiety mixed with fear among them. They were silent, and sad, and weary.
第 180 頁 - All the powder of the Revenge, to the last barrel, was now spent, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness, and...
第 181 頁 - Master-gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards, seeing in so many hours' fight, and with so great a navy they were not able to take her, having had fifteen hours...
第 181 頁 - England, and the better sort to pay such reasonable ransom as their estate would bear, and in the mean season to be free from galley or imprisonment. To this he so...
第 180 頁 - But as the day increased, so our men decreased, and as the light grew more and more, by so much more grew our discomforts. For none appeared in sight but enemies, saving one small ship called the Pilgrim...
第 181 頁 - ... as she could never be removed out of the place. ' And as the matter was thus in dispute, and Sir Richard refusing to hearken to any of those reasons, the master of the Revenge...
第 232 頁 - Formless stacks of bodies and bodies by themselves, dabs of flesh upon the masts and spars, Cut of cordage, dangle of rigging, slight shock of the soothe of waves, Black and impassive guns, litter of powder-parcels, strong scent, A few large stars overhead, silent and mournful shining, Delicate sniffs of sea-breeze, smells of sedgy grass and fields by the shore, death-messages given in charge to survivors, The hiss of the surgeon's knife, the gnawing teeth of his saw, Wheeze, cluck, swash of falling...