He stopped at the village inn, the Admiral Benbow, and found that the two midshipmenhad only just left it for Elverston Hall.
They grumbled as they went, looking back to ascertain if the midshipmen had left the inn, resolving to return, should they have the chance, to drink as many glasses of ale as they had money in their pockets to pay for.
Those two midshipmen will be joining their ship soon.
Dick, giving vent to his feelings in a way midshipmen are not wont to do, pressed her to his heart.
Before the midshipmen could turn round, they found their arms seized by half a dozen stout fellows, who had apparently been detached from the main body, and had come up thus suddenly upon them.
Soon after sunrise Lieutenant Mason, with the two midshipmen he had brought for the frigate, went alongside her.
The crew of the pilot vessel, as they stepped on board, looked at the midshipmen askance, evidently having heard of the part they had taken in the capture of the smugglers, many of whom were their relatives and friends.
The midshipmen received Dick in a friendly manner, no allusion being made to his former rating.
The marquis rang the bell, while the midshipmen retired to their rooms to prepare for supper.
As the two midshipmen stepped out briskly, they soon distanced the cart, though darkness overtook them when they were still three or four miles from the hall.
The midshipmen looked round, but could identify no other prisoners as deserters from their ship.
When Captain Dashwood again returned to his boat there were two more midshipmen in it than the number that had left his ship--one being the consul's wife, the other his daughter Agnes!
While thus engaged, several of the men andmidshipmen of the "Prometheus" proceeded to the consul's house.
The Midshipmen arrived here Thursday and went to the| |Vanderbilt yesterday.
On the next down the midshipmen punted,| |but gained only five yards.
The Navy stands | |upheaved and the midshipmen sent their battle cry | |ringing across the field.
The midshipmen chorused to | |the Navy line to hold.
Here the Navy showed a flash of power that sent the | |midshipmen to frenzied shouting.
Yes," Nelly said, "I have always understood midshipmen were quite in earnest when they talked nonsense.
Consequently naval officers were always welcome, lieutenants and passed midshipmen were acceptable, but young commanders were treated with especial favour.
One of the midshipmen had, for the past hour, been in the foretop with a glass; and the captain himself now went up, and took his place beside him.
Fairclough placed himself at the wheel, and told the twomidshipmen to go round, and tell the crew that there was an inlet ahead, but the depth of the water was uncertain.
Lieutenant Gamble, withmidshipmen Feltus an' Clapp, are to remain behind in command of the force detailed for the fort.
The gunner took it from the boatswain, and he talks with one of the midshipmen in the same dialect.
When I had communicated to him the design, and he had both approved of the undertaking itself, and accepted the command, we constituted him captain, and the twomidshipmen we made lieutenants for the expedition, promising each of them 500l.
I said nothing for the present, but charged my midshipmen to mark the place, and so we went on.
We were promised, too, that when we got into such a ship, we that entered as midshipmen should be preferred to offices, as we were qualified, and as our merit should recommend us.
Thirteen was rather a tender age at which to command men of fifty, but the midshipmen of those days were not ordinary boys.
There was but one opinion among themidshipmen who went aloft,--she was a Frenchman.
Young gentlemen" was what the midshipmen were called in the old naval service, and Jarvis was the youngest of them all, being just thirteen at the time of the action with the "Vengeance.
Few boys of twelve would have done it even in those days when midshipmen soon became men regardless of age.
A favorite amusement with the midshipmenwas to fill "Pete" d'Orleans's shoes with mucilage.
The captain's orders were shouted down through the after-hatch and repeated by a line of midshipmen to the men at the tackles.
Our Lieutenants were all promoted, and themidshipmen were to have their Lieutenants’ commissions when duly qualified after examination.
The condensed milk, though to a certain extent welcomed, was nasty stuff: some of the midshipmen preferred spreading it on their bread to putting it in their tea.
The othermidshipmen in command of boats very soon had the blue burgee painted on the bows of their craft.
Ten minutes after their arrival the two midshipmen started with two petty officers to inspect the stores of the gun-boat.
Condor was appointed to the command of the Tigress, as two supernumerary lieutenants and fourmidshipmen had been sent out from home to the Tigre, and two midshipmen received acting orders as his lieutenants.
Before leaving the quarters that they had occupied, the midshipmen had made hasty arrangements with the two Turks, who had gladly accepted their offer.
After seeing Sir Sidney off, the two midshipmen took their places in their boat, and were rowed off to the Tigress.
It was not only among the midshipmenthat the defeat of Condor established Edgar as the most popular member of the mess.
The midshipmen waved their hands to their comrades on board, and saluted more formally Sir Sidney, who stood at the bulwarks watching the craft as she passed, and who returned the salute with a cheery shout of "Well done, Tigress!
Lieutenant Beatty was, with his party of marines, to join the landing force, but to their disappointment neither Condor nor the midshipmen were to take part in the sortie, as the little party of seamen were to be held in reserve.
They had been told that one or other of the midshipmen would be sure to be on shore some time during the day.
On the following day the two midshipmen were signalled to come on board the Tigre.
While he was talking the two midshipmen were throwing their spare clothes into the kit-bags, in which they had brought them ashore.
Both the midshipmen were highly pleased with the proposal, and thanked their commander very heartily for his kindness.
One or other of the midshipmen came ashore each day with a boat's crew, so that at any moment orders could be sent to the Tigre or the Theseus.
When we had finished our “run” all of us midshipmen and cadets went on deck to watch the firing of the flagship of our division, which was just ahead of us.
All of us midshipmen and cadets, who were not on duty, climbed up to the foretop with telescopes, and watched the pursuit, but only a few shots were exchanged, and neither side sustained any damage.
Some of the midshipmen were already standing on the deck in their pyjamas—others, like me, were sitting up half dazed with sleep.
In deference to the said tradition the names of officers and ships concerned have been suppressed—those of the midshipmenmentioned are all fictitious.
At this time all we midshipmenand cadets were not doing night watches, and at 10 o’clock we had turned in as usual, but at 11.
Of course other midshipmen were doing the same thing in other boats.
Both Westwood and I had been midshipmen together for a while in the Orion, fifty-gun ship, where he was second lieutenant, several years before.
The first I almost at once remembered for the notorious captain of the Orestes, or N'Oreste, as the midshipmen called her, from her French build and her character altogether.
In spite of his airs of dignity, he soon showed that he was a plucky little fellow; and he was at once for going aloft with the other midshipmen and boys.
Though some of the midshipmen might have laughed, the captain looked as grave as a judge, and so did the other officers.
I sat up, as long as I could keep awake, with Mr. Ormsby; but at length the surgeon sent me to my hammock, he or one of the midshipmen taking my place.
The midshipmen were at the same time trained by study and practice, so as to enable them to assist the officers in their duties.
Besides the men on the look-out, one of the midshipmen was employed on the same service.
This being over, officers and midshipmen off duty assemble together with the naturalists in the reading-room.
We had lost a good many officers and men, and I saw twomidshipmen knocked over not far from me.
Never mind, Jemmy Pish," said little Crispo, one of the smallest midshipmen I ever saw, for he was only nine years old.
Among his midshipmenwas the afterwards Admiral Lord Keith.
The procession was headed by the regulars, followed by a battalion of half frozen West Point cadets in their light gray parade uniforms, and another of midshipmen from the Annapolis Naval School in dark blue.
One day Secretary Thompson presented to the Cabinet a list of midshipmen who had passed their examinations.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "midshipmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
