And, above all, wouldn't the pitching and tossing make them quite horribly sea-sick?
I tell you frankly, brother, that it is a queer kind of place, and I am not very fond of pitching my tent in it, it is so surprisingly dreary.
It was well for us that the pitchingof the vessel at this moment was so violent as to prevent this order from being carried into instant execution.
To add to my troubles, the brig was pitching and rolling with great violence, and the oil-casks which lay upon my box were in momentary danger of falling down, so as to block up the only way of ingress or egress.
His temper, judging by his voice, would seem to be a lot worse than could be due to thepitching of the ship.
One of the humanoids fell without a cry, pitching senseless over the ledge.
Less than twenty feet across, it tumbled in an icy flood, almost a waterfall, pitching over the lip of a crag above us.
Being an old campaigner, one of my first cares upon pitching my tent had been to have a trench dug round it; but very many officers, relying upon the fine weather, had neglected taking this precaution.
Then there is pitching the tent, drawing rations, and seeing the horses watered and fed; and by the time dinner is ready and our work done, it is past six o'clock.
The room seemed to be pitching from this side to that and the square of light where the window was swayed to and fro, sickening me at last so that I lay still until I might gather resolution and not again overdo my strength.
I turned just in time to note the bulk of a man pitchingupon me in the starlight.
The aircraft, battling against the furious wind, were rocking and pitching so much that the attention of their pilots was directed towards the maintenance of stability.
Against Frank Merriwell's pitching there was no chance for them, however.
After pitching a ball behind Net's back and another one over his head, Hans managed to get one across the pan.
It was mainly Sparkfair's wonderful pitching that kept Frank and his friends from circling the bases.
Pitching the stone lock, and lifting the stone dumb-bells, but they are for men.
Chi had become so expert in pitching and dropping the brick as to be able to play the game without an error.
This seemed to call to mind another pitching game, for Chi said once more in his old military way: "Pitch brickbats.
The juggler then took an iron trident with a handle four and a half feet long and an inch and a half thick, and, pitching it up into the air, caught it on his right arm as it came down.
The violent pitching of the Buggy brought me and the elf into inadvertent contact with one another, and when I brushed his hand as I reached for the safety bar, I felt that it was cold and sweaty.
I'm pitching over, my lungs bursting out of my chest and spreading before me like wings, spinal gristle and viscera showering the guests before me.
I was pitching out the miracle of the Bitchun Society, the thing that had all but obsoleted the medical profession: why bother with surgery when you can grow a clone, take a backup, and refresh the new body?
Before the day was out, though, the majority had thrown in their lots with the raiders, handing over security codes and pitching in.
Suitable experiments for individual practice are: learning to operate a typewriter, pitching marbles into a hole, writing with the left hand, and mirror writing.
If one wishes to be a good ball pitcher, one begins to pitch balls, and continuespitching balls day after day, morning, noon, and night.
I tell that lord about the beefsteak and onions I saw you pitching into?
Before morning, it blew a dreadful gale, as we could perceive by thepitching of the vessel and the noise of the rigging, which sounded fearfully in our ears.
The weather continued rough, and the wind contrary, and we suffered much for a few days from the pitching of the vessel.
He was watching the Industry pitching in the great seas that were coming up the river.
And the Industry was pitching a good deal, for the storm had made great waves, like mountains, and the waves that were left were still great.
And, at last, one morning when little Jacob woke he didn't feel the ship pitching as she had been, and he was surprised to find that he was a little bit excited once more.
So little Jacob crept into his bunk and held on tight, because the ship was pitching and rolling so much, and he tried to go to sleep.
Shortly afterwards the Naval Brigade in their turn did some good shooting, pitching a shell on to the muzzle of the big gun on Pepworth, and a few moments after this shot, another on to his parapet.
The Silver Star was pitching and tossing more than ever.
And he felt, too, the violent pitching and tossing of the craft, as he had not in his cabin below.
Abe, as he saw Tom roll forward, and he grabbed our hero in time to save him from once more pitching overboard.
The Silver Star, after the first staggering blow, had come to a stop, and lay pitching and tossing on the waves.
He could dimly see the big waves all around them, and he felt the derelict pitching and tossing in a swirl of water.
As he did so he became aware that the vessel was rolling and pitching at what, even to his accustomed senses, was an alarming degree.
I felt for the candle on the table, lighted it, and turned in surprise to discover that Mr. Wharton was poking up the fire and pitching on a log of wood.
And the Four, surprising as it may seem, made themselves generally useful about the camp in pitching the tents under Farrar's supervision.
