And such folk as can heal and cure came to heal and to cure them, and they applied soothing and salving herbs and plants to their bruises, and their cuts, and their gashes, and to all their many wounds.
They did not spare themselves in driving, and at salving the gear in the lamp-room the Captain made a weird picture, black and grimy, with a cloth over his mouth, passing the lamps out to the boys.
They (the Islanders) had now been three weeks on the reef, salving what they could.
It struck Madden to propose salving the dock while the crowd was mellow.
Salving a sunken cargo is not a difficult engineering feat, providing the proper apparatus is at hand.
The next few days were spent in scraping mud and salving blankets, waterproof sheets, equipment and saddlery, which had been mislaid in the mud that followed the heavy rain each night.
It is also through the ingenuity of the same officer that the Regiment was represented in the salving of H.
It is not built to be pushed up from beneath, so that frequently this method of salving is rendered impracticable because the deck itself cannot stand the strain.
But he did not remember to have heard that thesalving of derelict hospitals was one of Sir Leopold's hobbies.
With high water approaching we draw near the point of balance in buoyancy, and the salving tenders tighten up headfasts and stern ropes in readiness for a slip or drag.
So ye are preparing gear for thesalving of wrecks, my son?
The skipper sent Bill Brennen and six men on their tracks, for he did not want the strangers to carry out to the world the news of the wreck of the brig and the salving of the treasure-chests.
The Salvingof a Derelict' is a remarkably able story of a man's reclamation.
Nothing in the customs or coasting laws of Canada shall restrict the salving operations of such vessels or wrecking appliances.
I gave the word "Friends," salving my conscience for the needful lie as I might.
No," I denied, salving my conscience with the remembering that it takes two to make a quarrel; and I had done none of the cursing.
What's this nonsense that Mrs. Carmac has got into her head about salving certain articles from the Stella?
With a King forsaken, and Swanks in dread, To whom may we turn for the salving of man?
After about twenty minutes cutting and manoeuvring, however, she floated free, and a question was raised as to the possibility of salving the airship.
When the negroes Montgomery sent arrived all the cargo worth salving was re-stowed, and he bought the hulk for a floating store.
And for the salving of the cargo,' Precisely it is on that basis alone that the cargo underwriters will deal.
Then he made it clear that he had resolved to abjure wine, and was only salving his conscience by a proverb.
I worked all day now, salving and boating off a cargo to the sloop.
We then discussed the possibilities of salving a blockship at Zeebrugge, for he had been informed of the proposed operation.
When making enquiries in search of expert advice on questions of salvage, I had an interesting conversation with an individual who had had considerable experience in salving vessels in other waters.
Smearing or Salving Sheep Is a custom little practised in this country.
The salving of a vessel so badly injured was a fine achievement.
It welcomed us from the rumour of battle with a most salving peace.
Many a time I could wish for the salving influence of the confessional, even without the absolution to follow.
