It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarter, that had it been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye... Seafaring Lore and Legend - Page 277by Peter D. Jeans - 2007 - 382 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1849 - 1012 pages
...maintopsail yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal u fiewr d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after... | |
| Naval art and science - 1848 - 716 pages
...maintop-sail-yard would show in the water there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal a fieur d'eau, no portion of which •was. to our perception, used...propelling it through the water, either by vertical ot horizontal undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarter, that had it been a... | |
| 1849 - 608 pages
...cert-iinly not justified by the simple statement, that no ' portion of the sixty feet seen by us was used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation.' " It is also assumed that the ' calculation of its length was made under a strong preconception of the nature... | |
| English literature - 1848 - 572 pages
...maintopsail-yard would show in the water, there was at least sixty feet of the animal à fleur ff eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...been a man of my acquaintance, I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship, or after... | |
| Natural history - 1848 - 422 pages
...corresponds, — indeed Captain M'Quhae expressly states that no portion of the animal appeared to be used in " propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation." Thus we have two separate statements closely corresponding with each other, and each statement is vouched... | |
| Books - 1849 - 980 pages
...maintopsail yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal d flewr d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after... | |
| History - 1849 - 982 pages
...maintopsail yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal d flew d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after... | |
| American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...certainly not justified by the simple statement that no " portion of the sixty feet seen by us was used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation." It is also assumed that the " calculation of its length was made under a strong preconception of the nature... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1849 - 608 pages
...maintopsail-yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 6Ü feet of the animal « fli'itr iTi'im, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in propelling it through (he water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our K'e... | |
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