Once or twice he descried a sail on the horizon; once, indeed, he felt some excitement and anxiety as he saw a bark under full sail bearing straight, as he thought, for the shore.
Far to the south he descried a long dark bar upon the horizon; this must be land, many miles away, probably the mainland.
She had been descried by the men of the last watch, but the meaning of the move was not clear to them as it was instantly to him.
A government cruiser descried this squadron off the bar of St. Augustine, and brought the intelligence to Charleston.
On the 26th of April, he descried cape Henry, and soon afterward cape Charles.
One Anthony Leme, who was married and settled in the island of Madeira, told the admiral that, having once made a considerable run to the westward, he had descried three islands.
About two the next morning, the caravel Pinta, being always foremost, made a signal of seeing land, which was first descried by a sailor named Roderick de Triana, and was then about two leagues distant.
While driving amid this tempest, we descried land on the 2d of April[9] at about twenty leagues distance.
Leaving this place on Sunday the 6th of January, and continuing his voyage, he soon descried the caravel Pinta coming towards him in full sail.
He had his face covered with a transparent black veil, through which might be descried a very long beard as white as snow.
Ever and anon, and naturally enough, they turned a wistful gaze over the ocean, and a sail was now descried in the horizon.
Just before noon on the third day some strange sail were descried ahead.
Twas he descried you first, as you got out of the post-chaise.
Anxiously she looked around, till, at some distance, she descried a horseman.
She had forgotten the advice of wise King Solomon, and the wary bird had descried in time the net so flagrantly spread out within his view.
He did not feel as if he could ever come to be foolishly fond of her, but he thought he had descried tokens that she was not indisposed to attach herself to him.
For some hours they beat about; and then, to their great joy, they descried the pinnace in the distance, making for land.
For a moment it was so dark after the bright sunlight outside, that she could scarcely see her way, but she soon descried another door on her left, and pushing that open, a certain amount of light illumined the dark passage.
On the fifth day, being by this time in extremity, he saw a crowd of squaws and children approaching over the prairie, and presently descried the bark lodges of an Indian town.
At night, the horizon glowed with distant fires; and by day the savage hunters could be descried at times roaming on the verge of the prairie.
I was not so easy now during any reference to the name but that I felt it a relief when Richard, with an exclamation of surprise, hurried away to meet a stranger whom he first descried coming slowly towards us.
The canals which traverse the land in all directions are like so many huge rivers, and the streams sometimes widen into regular lakes, the borders of which cannot be descried by the naked eye.
Late in the afternoon of that day, we descried two large ships approaching us, in company.
Being not a great distance from the land, we ran in for the purpose of discharging our prisoners; and descried the Ghaut mountains the next day.
In the afternoon, a large ship was descried running down in our direction.
On the 22d of April, having reached the track of the homeward-bound Pacific ships of the enemy, we descried an unlucky Yankee, to whom we immediately gave chase.
Soon after we came to anchor, as related, we descried a steamer in the west, steering for the mouth of the river.
As we approached the lights, we descried two more sail in the south-east, making an offing with all diligence, to which we immediately gave chase.
At daylight, a sail was descried in the north-east, to which we immediately gave chase.
She was descried from the mast-head, about half-past eight in the morning, and we immediately gave chase.
Indeed, so little speed did we make, that the island of Jamaica, which we had descriedwith the first streaks of dawn, remained in sight all day; its blue mountains softened but not obliterated by the distance as the evening set in.
After clearing the harbor, we descried the enemy, with his head off shore, at the distance of about seven miles.
Toward midnight of the 7th of November, we descried a schooner, standing to the southward, to which we gave chase.
The sentry descried them approaching, and gave notice to his lord, who thereupon donned his armor and went forth to meet them.
Here he descried what seemed to be a fair damsel, alone, fast chained to a rock which projected into the sea.
Relief was, however, at hand; for as the citizens and soldiers were one day leaning over their walls they descried a cloud of dust, from which horsemen were seen to prick forth, as it rolled on towards the camp of the besiegers.
While he sought Rodomont in order to renew the combat a new sound of drums and trumpets was heard, and Charlemagne, with the main body of his army, was descried advancing in battle array.
At length, as evening set in, they descried the pinnacles and towers of a great city full before them, which they knew to be the famous city of Bagdad.
Mortified at his failure, the king descried the holy Apostle Thomas approaching, riding upon an ass.
She was not in the house; Fabio ran into the garden--and there, in one of the most remote alleys, he descried Valeria.
Fabio looked about him and descried on the sand of the path traces of two pairs of feet; one pair was bare; and those tracks led to an arbour covered with jasmin, which stood apart, between the pavilion and the house.
It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore.
But at last, some three points off the weather bow, Ahab descried the spout again, and instantly from the three mast-heads three shrieks went up as if the tongues of fire had voiced it.
The whole calamity, with the falling form of Macey, was plainly descried from the ship.
Once they were descried by a group of Kafir scouts, who, from their position on a hill-top, opened fire at long range, and of course ineffectually.
Nearly all the cows are of good breed--the serviceable and hardy cattle of the country, crossed with imported stock, though now and again among them can be descried the small head and straight back of an almost thorough-bred Alderney.
Scarcely was this impromptu dirge brought to a close when a group was descried advancing towards the camp, waving something white.
Another savage is suddenly descried by Hicks and Armitage, who are riding together, rushing at a man, who with his bridle over his arm stands coolly awaiting his approach.
Two or three assegais were thrown at them; and then the Kafirs, who could now be descried pouring down the rocks in swarms, seeing that they were well mounted, and the ground ahead was fairly clear, relinquished the pursuit.
I was on deck at the moment, and springing up the shrouds to the main-top-mast head, I descried three whales right ahead of us and at no great distance.
And Tom, looking in the direction indicated, descried the woolly heads of several dusky warriors who were lying in ambush behind the rocks.
We had scarcely taken breath after this victory, when, to our no small dismay, we descried a strong reinforcement of the enemy, stationed on the opposite side.
Suddenly, the roar of an aeroplane made itself heard, and, looking up, the boys descried it sailing above them like a gigantic bird and moving in the same direction in which they were traveling.
Right you are," replied Frank, as he descried two uniformed figures approaching, their heads bent away from the icy gale which was increasing in fury as the night wore on.
At daylight the brilliant light on Cape Teneriffe was descried ahead.
We were standing there an hour when the Royal yacht was descried in the distance, and as she steamed into the harbour, the ships fired a royal salute.
About ten o'clock a horse and wagon was descried making a slow approach to the camp over the prairie.
Towards sunset of the third day, when the young gentlemen thought they ought to be near the town of Magnolia, near which they had been directed to find the engineers' camp, they descried a log house and drew up before it to enquire the way.
My companion and I their went on down the creek, and soon descried the schooner anchored out in the stream.
In October we approached Cape Horn, the first land descried was Staten Island, white with snow, and the ship seemed to be aiming for the channel to its west, straits of Le Maire, but her course was changed and we passed around to the east.
To give color to his predictions, they had not gone far when they descried a cloud of dust across the plains.
Advancing under these difficulties we finallydescried above the tree tops the misty expanse of Lake Ticaca.
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