 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 - Pàgina 35per Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 379 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pàgines
...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 - 440 pàgines
..." 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 - 366 pàgines
...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 - 360 pàgines
...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 - 1744 pàgines
...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 - 474 pàgines
...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 - 1746 pàgines
...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 - 384 pàgines
...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 - 1092 pàgines
...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 - 600 pàgines
...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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