We made our way north. A breeze sprang up, and about noon all the boats came together for the last time. I had no mast or sail in mine, but I made a mast out of a spare oar and hoisted a boat-awning for a sail, with a boat-hook for a yard. She was certainly... Youth: And Two Other Stories - Strona 35autor: Joseph Conrad - 1903 - Liczba stron: 379Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - Liczba stron: 410
...ofF, and there were no letters, there was no word, no stubborn device that was like her soul, to Sash at the rising sun her creed and her name. " We made...had to wait for them. Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - Liczba stron: 440
..." Between the darkness of earth and heaven she was burning fiercely upon a disc of purple sea shot by the blood-red play of gleams ; upon a disc of water...had to wait for them. Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - Liczba stron: 366
...moved round her remains as if in procession — the long-boat leading. As we pulled across her stem a slim dart of fire shot out viciously at us, and...to wait for them. > Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - Liczba stron: 360
...ship. "Between the darkness of earth and heaven she was burning fiercely upon a disc of purple sea shot by the blood-red play of gleams; upon a disc of water...had to wait for them. Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - Liczba stron: 1744
...ship. "Between the darkness of earth and heaven she was burning fiercely upon a disc of purple sea shot captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1926 - Liczba stron: 474
...she was burning fiercely upon a disk of purple sea shot by the blood-red play of gleams ; upon a disk of water glittering and sinister. A high, clear flame,...had to wait for them. Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - Liczba stron: 1746
...heaving and setting on the swell. The men dozed, waked, sighed, groaned. I looked at the burning ship. smoke poured continuously at the sky. She burned furiously...had to wait for them. Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | Joseph Conrad, Georges Jean-Aubry - 1927 - Liczba stron: 386
...in mine, but I made a mast out of a spare oar and hoisted a boat awning for a sail, with a hoat-hook for a yard. She was certainly overmasted ; but I had...that with the wind aft I could beat the other two. . . . Next day I sat steering my cockleshell — my first command — with nothing but water and sky... | |
 | 1898 - Liczba stron: 1092
...mass of coal within. " Then the oars were got out, and the boats, forming in a line, moved round htr remains as if in procession — the long-boat leading....had to wait for them. Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and. after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
 | 1898 - Liczba stron: 600
...noon all the boats came together for the last time. I had no mast or sail in mine ; but I made a mist out of a spare oar and hoisted a boat-awning for a...had to wait for them. Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last instructions. These... | |
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