 | Sir James Clark Ross - Antarctica - 1847 - 516 pages
...breaking upperworks and boats increased the horror of the scene. Providentially they gradually forged past each other, and separated before we drifted down...get headway on the ship ; nor had we room to wear roimd, being by this time so close to the berg that the waves, when they struck against it, threw back... | |
 | American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...gratification of seeing her clear the end of the berg and of feeling that «he was safe. But she left ne completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered...struck against it, threw back their sprays into the »hip. The only way left to us to extricate ourselves from this awful and appalling situation was by... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pages
...was safe. But she left us completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered the lower yard?, that we were unable to make sail, so as to get headway...when they struck against it, threw back their sprays ORIGIN OF THE TERM PENNY — OS— GOD THE FOUNTAIN. into the ship. The only way left to us to extricate... | |
 | 1848 - 626 pages
...us completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered the lower yards, that we were nnablo to make sail, so as to get headway on the ship ; nor had we room to wear round, beinj; by this time so close to the berg, that the waves, when they struck against it, threw back their... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Glaciers - 1862 - 284 pages
...before we drifted down amongst the foaming breakers ; and we had the gratification of seeing the Terror clear the end of the berg, and of feeling that she...back their sprays into the ship. The only way left us to extricate ourselves from this awful and appalling situation was by resorting to the hazardous... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 142 pages
...the lower yards, that we were unable THE EREEUS AND THE TERROR AMONQ ICEBERGS. to make sail, so ag to get headway on the ship; nor had we room to wear...against it, threw back their sprays into the ship." By loosing the mainsail, however, they succeeded in extricating themselves from this dangerous position,... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Antarctica - 1869 - 500 pages
...was safe. But she left us completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered the lower yard that we were unable to make sail so as to get headway...waves, when they struck against it, threw back their spray into the ship. The only way left to us to extricate ourselves from this awful and appalling situation... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Antarctica - 1869 - 602 pages
...was safe. But she left us completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered the lower yard, that we were unable to make sail, so as to get headway...waves, when they struck against it, threw back their spray into the ship. The only way left to us to extricate ourselves from this awful and appalling situation,... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Antarctic regions - 1871 - 776 pages
...was safe. But she left us completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered the lower yard that we were unable to make sail so as to get headway...waves, when they struck against it, threw back their spray into the ship. The only way left to us to extricate ourselves from this awful and appalling situation... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Antarctica - 1872 - 780 pages
...was safe. But she left us completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered the lower yard that we were unable to make sail so as to get headway...round, being by this time so close to the berg that the wave*, when they struck against it, threw back their spray into the ship. The only way left to us to... | |
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... clear the end of the berg, and of feeling that she was safe. But she left us completely disabled ; the wreck of the spars so encumbered the lower yards, that we were unable to make sail, so as to get headway on the ship ; nor had we room to wear round,... 
