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Example sentences for "our ship"

  • Not more than a hundred yards ahead of our ship, a whale came suddenly to the surface of the water, seeming, by its wild motions, to be in a state of terror.

  • The men dipped their oars, and resumed their song, while we pulled back to our ship.

  • Having one day got leave from the delegates of our ship, while we lay off Sheerness, to go on shore, I landed at the dockyard.

  • When the truly loyal and heroic conduct of our ship's company became known, it was intended to raise a sum in every seaport town in England to present to them.

  • We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea.

  • We, our ship, and our country, were frequently brought on the stage; but on what account I know not.

  • Our guides conducted us down to our boat, and we returned with Attago to our ship to dinner.

  • Our ship, the Saint Pierre, is in the possession of a gang of Haytian negroes who rose on us while we were on the high seas and murdered most of the officers and the crew.

  • Our ship, the Saint Pierre, of Marseilles, Jacques Alphonse master and part owner, sailed from La Guayra on October 25, barely a fortnight ago!

  • The ship, this ship, our ship, the ship we serve, is the moral symbol of our life.

  • The boatswain, cook and crew of about a dozen men and boys, made up our ship's company.

  • They came in shoals to our ship, danced reels by the hour upon deck to a whistled accompaniment, with the most extravagant leaps and snapping of fingers.

  • Just before we left, the commodore gave a grand picnic to all the officers at the Grande Curral, when I had the luck of accompanying the party that went from our ship, a piece of good fortune shared by Mick, my chum.

  • Going from thence with heavy hearts on the 7th November, we shaped our course for the island of Zanzibar, where we arrived shortly after, and there made ourselves a new boat, of such boards as we had in our ship.

  • He then demanded of these people if his boat were in our ship, and being assured she was not, we became good friends again, to our great joy.

  • Our ship's company was now so much wasted by sickness, that we resolved to turn back to Ceylon, for which purpose we weighed anchor in November, and arrived off Ceylon about the end of that month.

  • I went back to our ship, and reported this to our captain, who made it known to the company, and it was unanimously agreed to go there, which was done accordingly.

  • Having little wind, our ship sagged in, but we found no anchorage.

  • They had plenty of money, and would have sent it to our ship or to our factory; but I told them that I durst not presume to entertain them in the absence of our general, yet would do them all the service in my power at his return.

  • The master of our ship, Mr James Foster, returned from Nangasaki on the 7th, bringing our skiff with him, but all the deserters had got sanctuary in that town, so that he had not been able to see or speak with any of them.

  • I gave some of them bracelets, and caused seven or eight of them to come aboard, which they did willingly; and some of them went into the top of our ship, and thus courteously using them I let them depart.

  • The 17th was a hazy and rainy day, and in the afternoon we saw three great water spouts, two to larboard and one right a-head, but by the blessing of God they came not to our ship.

  • Upon this our allowance of drink, before sufficiently scanty, was now still farther curtailed, owing to the scarcity in our ship, each man being confined to half a pint of cold water at a meal, and that not sweet.

  • The 12th one of the French pinnaces came with cloth, but we would not allow them to trade, and made them remain all day close to our ship.

  • This pump, which Hurley had made from the Flinder's bar case of our ship's standard compass, was quite effective, though its capacity was not large.

  • The behaviour of our ship in the ice has been magnificent," wrote Worsley.

  • There is a pleasant, comfortable feeling in sitting listening to all this uproar and knowing the strength of our ship.

  • We should thus be able to remain as safely on our ice-floe as in our ship, and should advance just as well towards the Greenland Sea.

  • Trontheim had been told that was the name of our ship, so he was not a little disappointed when he came on board to find it was Fram instead.


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