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 38 筆
第 viii 頁
... oar . The deficiencies of such a boat would soon lead to various improvements . It would carry no burden but a strong and healthy savage . What more natural than that one log should be laid alongside another , and fastened with the ...
... oar . The deficiencies of such a boat would soon lead to various improvements . It would carry no burden but a strong and healthy savage . What more natural than that one log should be laid alongside another , and fastened with the ...
第 3 頁
... oars : the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory , brought out of the isles of Chittim . Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail : blue and purple from the isles of ...
... oars : the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory , brought out of the isles of Chittim . Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail : blue and purple from the isles of ...
第 6 頁
... oars , but repre- sentations of boats and canoes are to be seen on the Egyptian monuments , where a number of broad ... oars . The rowers sat on benches , and the oars were fastened to the gunwale by leathern thongs . They were also ...
... oars , but repre- sentations of boats and canoes are to be seen on the Egyptian monuments , where a number of broad ... oars . The rowers sat on benches , and the oars were fastened to the gunwale by leathern thongs . They were also ...
第 9 頁
... oars , which projected from each side of the stern . They either rested in a notch on the gunwale , and were secured by a thong , or , in larger vessels , worked through rudder ports . They could be un- shipped , and then the rudder ...
... oars , which projected from each side of the stern . They either rested in a notch on the gunwale , and were secured by a thong , or , in larger vessels , worked through rudder ports . They could be un- shipped , and then the rudder ...
第 13 頁
... oars , the mast was always lowered in action ; whereas the merchant - vessel depended chiefly upon its main - sail . Thus the peculiarities of the trireme are reduced to the beak and the oars , and a consideration of these will be ...
... oars , the mast was always lowered in action ; whereas the merchant - vessel depended chiefly upon its main - sail . Thus the peculiarities of the trireme are reduced to the beak and the oars , and a consideration of these will be ...
常見字詞
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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...