 | 1840 - 560 lapas
...not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass; not even a quivering at the extreme edges of the sail — so perfectly were...breeze. I was so lost in the sight, that I forgot (he presence of the man who came out with me, until be said, (for he, too, rough old mun-of-war'B man... | |
 | 1840 - 566 lapas
...not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass; not even a quivering at the extreme edges of the sail — so perfectly were they distended by the breeze. 1 WHS so lost in the sight, that 1 forgut the presence of the man who came out with me, until he said,... | |
 | 1840 - 576 lapas
...have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon t he surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering at the extreme edges of the sail — so perfectly were they distended by the breeze. 1 WHS eo lost in the fight, ttiat I forgut the presence of the man who came out with me, until he »nid,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 lapas
...sculptured marble, they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail,...he said, (for he, too, rough old man-of-war's man as he was, had been gazing at the show,) half to himself, still looking at the marble sails, ' How... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - 1840 - 540 lapas
...sculptured marble, they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail...out with me, until he said, (for he, too, rough old man-of-war's-man as he was, had been gazing at the show,) half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 lapas
...sculptured marble, they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvass ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail...out with me, until he said, (for he, too, rough old man-of-war' s-man as he was, had been gazing at the show,) half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 lapas
...these sails had been sculptured marble they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas; not even a quivering of...out with me, until he said (for he, too, rough old man-of-war's-man as he was had been gazing at the show), half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 656 lapas
...these sails had been sculptured marble they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas ; not even a quivering of...out with me, until he said (for he, too, rough old man-of-war'sman as he was, had been gazing at the show), half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1890 - 494 lapas
...these sails had been sculptured marble they could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail, so perfectly were the}' distended by the breeze. I was so lost in the sight that I forgot the presence of the man who... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 544 lapas
...could not have been more motionless. Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas ; not even a quiver of the extreme edges of the sail, so perfectly were...out with me, until he said (for he, too, rough old man-ofwar's-man as he was, had been gazing at the show), half to himself, still looking at the marble... | |
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... skysail, the apex of the pyramid, seeming actually to touch the stars, and to be out of reach of human hand. So quiet, too, was the sea, and so steady the breeze, that if these sails had been sculptured marble, they could not have been more motionless.... 
