Did you ever see so many halyards snap in your life, and in just a capful of wind?
There was not more than a capful of wind; but once let the canvas fill, and the schooner would get steerageway.
Counter-jumpers and land-lubbers funk a capfulof wind mightily.
I think we have had rather more than a capful these last two days," replied Ralph, ignoring the insulting language.
I only wish it would blow harder--not a mere capful of wind, you know, but a tempest!
Captain Pedro Garbez promised the Virgin Mary the value of a young negro in wax-lights for a capful of wind, but in vain; and he was fain to tear the hair from his head with impatience.
Good evening, your reverence," cried Toonie, and flourished off his cap, so that out fell his capful of moonshine.
And though he went on all the way up over the top of Drundle Head, never a fairy did he spy; for he forgot that, in passing what he supposed to be the priest, he had let go both his mouthful of silence and his capful of moonshine.
For he did not know that Little Toonie, who wore no cap on his head, carried his capful of moonshine safe underneath his skull, where it had been since the hour of his birth.
So because he had a capful of moonshine in his head, and because the moonbeams were laying their white hands on his hair, he chose the weak, shrivelled old man, who crouched and clung to him, imploring not to be let go.
I believe in keeping on the safe side; but a fellow may lose the race by dodging every capful of wind that comes.
Give me a capful of wind, and I'll undertake to get my boat past whilst the Frenchies are trying to get their guns pointed low enough to sink me!
As though English-built vessels could not ride out a capful of wind like this!
More than a capful of wind goes to the making of that noise,' said I.
With a burst of indignation, he rushed out, and caught little Spinks in the act of making off with his second capful of apples.
We went straight to the back wall of old Maggie's garden, and I helped little Spinks over, desiring him to gather a capful and fetch them, and then he could return for more if thought desirable.
What's the proudest on 'em, when it comes to blow half a capful of wind?
Captain Cranley, are you afraid of a capful of wind?
Our commander, however, was not a man to be frightened by a capful of wind; so we close-reefed the topsails, and lay upon our course as near as we could.
I warrant you were frighted, wer'n't you, last night, when it blew but a capful of wind?
And now I thought myself pretty well freighted, and began to think how I should get to shore with them, having neither sail, oar, nor rudder; and the least capful of wind would have overset all my navigation.
So he caught up a capful of smoke and raced off as fast as he could go to Johnny Chuck's house.
Then each of the Merry Little Breezes caught up a capful of smoke and started to warn one of the little meadow people or forest folks.
The Merry Little Breeze who had brought him the warning in a capful of smoke thought for a minute.
There, Tom, give her just a capful of wind and run her gently up that little scrap of sandy beach.
That fellow brings a capful of wind down with him--'tis just his play, and he walks like a race-horse.
It blows fresh," cried Griffith, who was the first to speak in that moment of doubt and anxiety; "but it is no more than a capful of wind after all.
Let a capful of wind come scudding across that glassy sea, and all the riches in the world would not buy Edmond Czerny's life of these sea-wolves who sought it.
It takes something more than a capful of wind to blow sleep from a sailor's eyes; and though you were to tell him that the Judgment was for to-morrow, I do believe he would take his four hours off all the same.
I warrant you were frighted, wa'n't you, last night, when it blew but a capful of wind?
And now I thought myself pretty well freighted, and began to think how I should get to shore with them, having neither sail, oar, or rudder, and the least capful of wind would have overset all my navigation.
And him sailing her in from Blackhead close round the Manacles, in half a capful o' wind an' the tides lookin' fifty ways for Sunday!
It did not take long to get a capful of these, and they soon sat down to make their al fresco meal.
But you said it was a capful of wind," said Mark faintly.
In a minute Fusie was back with a capful of water.
In a moment or two Fusie reappeared through the branches with a capful of water, and dashed it into Hughie's face, with the result that the lad opened his eyes, and after a gasp or two, sat up and looked about him.
An October day, with waves running in blue-white lines and a capful of wind.
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