Another and still more surprising feature of The Island is that Byron accepts, without qualification or reserve, the guilt of the mutineers and the innocence and worth of Lieutenant Bligh.
The mutineers now hurried those they meant to get rid of into the boat, .
Christian, and that liberty, and not the delights of Tahiti, was the object which the mutineers had in view.
Toobonai is not however one of them; but was one of those where Christian and the mutineers took refuge.
Mutineers of the Bounty, by Lady Belcher, 1870, p.
The mutineers were already conquered, however, and sullenly yielding they were sent back to the fort.
Snatching a musket from one of the men Jackson commanded the mutineers to halt.
The seeds of discontent were, therefore, already planted in the camp of the mutineers of the Cowrie at the north edge of Jungle Island.
In the face of the frightful beasts the courage of the mutineers wavered and broke.
His was the policy of allowing the mutineers to march all the way to Rome unhindered.
In particular I want to learn how you came to be with Maternus and later with themutineers from Britain.
Also I heard unimpeachable testimony that you were alive later and had been seen in Rome with Maternus and outside Rome, the next summer, with the mutineers from Britain.
Most likely the separation from their fellows of the veteran mutineers was all his own idea; Perennis was not the man to carry out so bold a stroke nor so much as to conceive of it.
Again, when I spoke of recognizing Crispinillus by the wayside as I passed with the mutineers he interjected: "Yes, he told me he saw you there.
It was perfectly in keeping with the inconsistency of the mutineers that the crowd of men in the camp-square, instead of being marshalled by centuries under their sergeants, was allowed to assemble mob-fashion as each man came and pushed.
The totality of my mental impressions of what I heard from these two and other members of this incredible deputation of insurgent mutineers and of what I saw of the doings of the whole deputation, was vague and confused.
As he ended it, it was plain that Perennis believed he had cleared himself completely and had not only vindicated himself before his master, but had convinced the mutineers of his guiltlessness and loyalty.
There we were liberally fed on what was, apparently, the leavings from the entertainment afforded the mutineers there on their down-march.
Eventually the drunken mutineers manage accidentally to set fire to the vessel, and flee it.
You don't know, but you must now; it was a plan to give the mutineers stuff to send them all to sleep, and it was changed and given to us instead.
I suppose the mutineers know that we have a very valuable cargo?
He placed another trusty man on duty, ready to give the alarm if the mutineers woke and tried to break out, and then proposed that we should all go into the captain's cabin and have a council of war once more.
Yes; and it makes me feel better satisfied, for the mutineersare such brutes--such savage brutes.
Now then, Mr Dale and I have to go back on duty to shoot mutineers and pirates, and you are to lie down and trust in our all taking care of you.
He thought it must be one of the mutineers who had escaped aloft at first, afraid to stir to come down.
The mutineers were now greatly delighted at the success of their schemes.
Many of the mutineers were stupid with drink, all of them were weak with hunger, and before they could seize their arms, or make any resistance, they were overpowered and carried ashore.
Then the mutineers sent him a message saying that if he did not sign they would come on board the ship and cut his throat.
And when the ship sailed again for home Laudonnière sent the worst of the mutineers back in it.
Seeing only these one or two men in the boat the mutineers let her come alongside.
As soon as the mutineers were gone Laudonnière's friends rowed out to him, set him free from his fetters, and brought him back to the colony.
They had the Spanish ship which the mutineers had captured, and another little vessel besides which they had built.
It proved to be a Spanish vessel which the mutineers had captured and which was now manned by them.
One of the French mutineers who had deserted Laudonnière was now in the Spanish fort.
In fact they wanted to become pirates like those mutineers who had already sailed away.
The mutineersseparated with gloomy faces; they were by no means satisfied with Laudonnière's answer, and the discontent was as deep as ever.
They finished the fort, and began to build two new ships to take the place of those which the mutineers had stolen.
But the mutineers who had sailed away full of pride and insolence now returned in very humble mood.
Had the gallant Hearsey or Sidney Cotton occupied Hewett's place at Meerut, it is safe to say that, in spite of the wings which fear lent to the mutineers on their flight to Delhi, few of them would ever have reached that haven of their hopes.
As the fierce pursuit rolled on we became aware that the masses of the flying mutineerswere thickening in our front, and were gradually concentrating towards one point.
Military discipline sometimes tries a soldier to the utmost; and now we felt that Wife and Sister must be left in the hands of God, and that our place was among the mutineers on the parade-ground.
If the mutineers had been cruel as the most savage of wild beasts, fearful was the revenge which many and many a time was wreaked on them by our maddened troops.
Only once did we meet with a show of opposition at a large village, but most fortunately we thought it probable that the inhabitants were alarmed at our French-grey uniforms, and took us for a party of mutineers on the prowl.
The mutineers were, of course, unaware of this change.
He little knew that the blanching of the old gentleman's moustache was due to his not having had the time or the presence of mind to bring with him in his hurried flight from the mutineers his trusty bottle of hair-dye.
Lastly, I recommended that the oars should be removed from the boat, to prevent the mutineers making their escape to the ship.
In a few minutes afterwards the mutineers were made prisoners, without their having an opportunity of making the slightest resistance.
You are mutineers and pirates, with no standing in court.
Then, leaving them to live or die as their subconsciousness determined, the sixteen mutineerssacrilegiously reëntered the cabin and devoured the dinner.
As the armies entered the combat, a wind both violent and exceedingly troublesome began to blow in the faces of the mutineers of Stotzas.
John, however, who commanded the mutineers of Stotzas; was entertained by Pasiphilus in his own house, and each of the other leaders wherever it suited the several friends of Gontharis to entertain them.
But at this juncture Germanus himself, drawing his sword and urging the whole of that part of the army to do the same, with great difficulty routed the mutineers opposed to him and advanced on the run against Stotzas.
And Gontharis, having taken the city by assault, with the mutineers took possession of the palace, and was already guarding both the gates and the harbour most carefully.
And on the day following they joined battle, the mutineers trusting in their numbers, and the troops of Belisarius despising their enemy as both without sense and without generals.
A stubborn fight took place around its entrance, and the mutineers came within a little of forcing back their opponents, but Germanus sent some of his followers and bade them make trial of the camp at another point.
For this reason the mutineers straightway elected him general over them by acclamation, and with him they went with all speed to the palace carrying weapons and raising a great tumult.
And the mutineers took their stand opposite them, not in order, however, but scattered, more in the manner of barbarians.
And Gontharis was persuaded to do this by Pasiphilus, a man who had been foremost among the mutineers in Byzacium, and had assisted Gontharis very greatly in his effort to establish the tyranny.
And all were about to gather from the camps, as many as were well disposed to the emperor, and capture the mutineersby force.
There he was encountered by those of the mutineers who had been stationed to guard the stockade.
And the mutineers took all their standards immediately, and pursued them as they fled at top speed, while some too charged upon the infantry, who had already begun to abandon their ranks.
The mutineers send an envoy to Macapagal to secure his support, but he kills the envoy and compels his followers to turn back.
Wherever the mutineers had gone to, they no longer rowed in the loom of the gate.
Nevertheless, I do not remember to have had any extraordinary fear; none, I know, comparable with that palsied terror I suffered when the mutineers came first upon the stairs in the night.
Sallie, herself unseen, saw that there were only three or four men in each, and a sudden, sick understanding of Captain Dove's successful expedient for ridding the ship of the rest of the mutineers flashed through her mind.
A slow silence followed on the low, suspicious rumble of voices with which the mutineers had greeted his most unexpected appearance.
She had just finished telling Yoxall about the man in the scarlet mask and what she had promised to do for him, when sounds of stealthy bustle from forward told her that the mutineers were once more mustering on deck.
Two or three of the mutineers had begun to knock loose the wedges securing the tarpaulin cover of the after-hatch, through which alone access to the ship's magazine was to be had.
Seaton had not time to take his sword, for the mutineers were within ten paces of him.
Delhi, where the deposed King Bahadur Shah was living, was the centre and focus of rebellion; it was to Delhi that the first mutineers marched after killing their English officers.
None of the mutineers will be allowed to come on deck, and I shall have some means of distinguishing the faithful from the unfaithful.
The rest of the mutineersbelonged to a different class.
The mutineers are willing to explain, when called upon for an explanation," added Paul, who was indignant at the conduct of the malcontents.
If all the mild mutineers could be induced to cling together, they could easily overrule Howe and his party.
We had but a dozen mutineers on board," replied the vice-principal, "and they are about the sickest dogs you ever saw.
The mildest of themutineers were thus disposed of, and a dozen pair of hands added to the force of the ship.
Vainly the mutineers tried to ascertain what was going on, while Mr. Lowington was making his explanation to the faithful; but the parties were on the quarter-deck beyond their sight and hearing.
The water breaker in the waist was in demand, as soon as the last of the mutineers came on deck; and without a word in regard to the past, the steward served them out a pint of water apiece.
It had been agreed that all hands should remain in their rooms; but this agreement was now violated, and most of the mutineers were gathered at the doors, anxious to obtain intelligence from the deck.
Howe, who could not help realizing that the fortunes of the last of the mutineers were becoming desperate, and that it was not an easy thing to contend against such enemies as hunger and thirst.
When everything was made snug for a night at sea, the roll was called, and the names of the mutineers checked on the list.
Those of you who will agree not to communicate anything I may say to the mutineers will signify it by going abaft the mizzen-mast on the quarter-deck.
You must arrange yourselves in such a manner that the mutineers may be able to see that you are all armed, and prepared to fight if necessary.
The afternoon was by this time well advanced, and we might look for the return of the mutineers at any moment.
Well," said I, "we may now expect the mutineers to return at any moment, and we must be ready for them when they appear.
The weather was intensely hot, and the mutineers manifested no inclination to exert themselves unduly.
When there was an actual mutiny the mutineers were shot down without mercy, and those who escaped the bullets were speedily disposed of by hanging at the yard-arms.
The Bounty then cruised about the Pacific for awhile, and finally went to Pitcairn's Island, where the mutineers landed and destroyed the ship.
He called for silence, telling the mutineers that he was no whit better off than they were; that it was no time to give way to fear, but a time to keep a stiff upper lip, and play the man.
The mutineers who left on this occasion were in number sixty-three.
After a good deal of muttering, the mutineers returned aboard their ships, carrying with them the last of the newly salted beef.
There, with great cruelty, themutineers cut off their legs and threw them overboard, where they helplessly perished.
The mutineers made another and a more determined rush up the causeway, coming up it more than twenty strong, and at the double.
Soon there were but eight of them facing the blood-wet steel, and then Brown shouted for a fresh formation, swung his contingent into line and led them with a rush across the floor that swept the remaining mutineers off their feet.
The mutineers in Jailpore had learned that Kendrick sahib was coming down on them from the north by forced marches with thirty-five hundred men or more.
He says that the mutineers are planning to come along this way some time within the next few hours!
And certain others I have hidden where the mutineers are not likely to discover them at present.
A thousand or more of the mutineers leaned on their rifles on the shoulder of a hill and looked them over, a thousand yards away.
I heard men among the mutineersdeclare that all had been accounted for, save only three women and a child, and me.
And I would strike so swiftly that the mutineers would wonder whence I came.
Both sides were taken by surprise, but the mutineers had the nominal advantage, for their eyes were accustomed to the light.
Not all the mutineers in Jailpore nor Juggut Khan nor any one could open it again without the secret.
But man after man of the mutineers went down--appalled by the amazing swordsmanship, disheartened by the grim determination of their adversaries, bewildered to feebleness by the suddenness of the attack.
Then we'll treat those dirty mutineersto a dose or two of pills they won't fancy!
Not one of them reached the ground alive, and in the darkness it must have been impossible for the mutineers below to divine how many were the granary's defenders.
The consternation of the mutineers at finding themselves so suddenly attacked was very great, and imagine their dismay on rushing to the walls, to find the ramparts lined with our men.
Repulsed at all points, the mutineers retreated as fast as possible.
Other enormities were being enacted in various parts of Goolampore during the short time the mutineers remained there.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mutineers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
