At one time they went so far astray in the dark as to hail one of the prison-hulks, and only sheered off when the sentry challenged and brought his musket down upon the bulwarks with a rattle.
A Mount's Bay lugger had spied them, and lying in wait, had sheered up close alongside, her crew bawling for news.
Above, the cliff sheered out with many cracks and seams in its weather-beaten front.
The sight seemed to have a curious effect on Master Simon, as he squeezed my arm, and, altering his course, sheered wide of the porch as though he had not had any idea of entering.
Alvin sheered to the left, so as to make an interval of a hundred yards between them.
Alvin sheered the boat close to the shore, and continued slowly moving.
They showed no interest in their pursuers, and Alvin sheered off slightly so as to pass at a distance of several rods, and while doing so he made an exasperating discovery.
Instead, the Condor has sheered wide from the land; and, in all probability, will not again sight it till she's bearing up to Panama Bay.
The fish, however, sheered off, and would not be tempted within reach of that deadly fork by any lure.
It was a question of seconds as we sheered away from the rocks on the one side, or from the shoals on the other.
The submarine came straight toward them, then sheered off and stopped alongside less than thirty feet from the boat.
Then I sheered off a bit to port, and our friend, at length recognising the futility of his efforts, steamed away, cursing and shaking his fist.
Instead of answering my question, the Bluebell sheered off about forty yards from us, and her officers showed us by all sorts of pantomime that they had no intention of sending a boat.
But the shot failed to strike the frigate, for a few seconds earlier the commander had put his helm up and had sheered off towards the Frenchman.
Not one of her broadsides could be brought to bear, and though she sheered off to the south a little, the commander was at once able to alter his own position correspondingly.
Alarmed at the sight of two French ships as they returned to Juan Fernandez, he sheered off, leaving a quantity of stores, and six men who had secreted themselves on the island.
She sheered off, and Du Guay Trouin ran alongside the Delft, to be received with even greater warmth.
Meanwhile the yachtsheered off, but not soon enough to avoid just touching the end of the shoal, and getting a bump, which threw the people on her deck down, and gave them a fright.
I sheered under her starboard bow and yelled, "Ship ahoy!
The Foundling sheered suddenly to starboard, made a clumsy turn, and Flanagan was bellowing through the tube to the engine-room before everybody discovered that the old basket was heading straight for the Spanish gun-boat.
Flanagan took the senior Cuban officer to the rail, and, as the steamer sheered high on a great sea, showed him a yellow dot on the horizon.
Twice the Briton sheered off to escape the telling fire of the American; but the "Holkar" pressed him closely, and only the appearance of a second British armed vessel at the scene of the action saved the Englishman from capture.
At this distance they carried on a spirited cannonade for upwards of three hours; when the "Achilles," concluding that she had had enough, sheered off.
But the strange ship sheered off, and the gallant crew were not forced to fight a second battle.
She was without any motive power, being towed by a steam-tug, and, getting into the trough of the sea, rolled and sheered so that she could not be towed.
The launch running alongside came into contact with the row of logs, and sheered off to make a dash over it.
Of course, we could see from the ship all that went on as the cutter sheered up to the derelict craft.
The Pole Star crashed through light floe ice and sheered abeam of the Diomedes.
Marr had realized his danger and had sheered toward the west at least two points.
They passed the entrance to Dutch Harbor and Unalaska, raised the Rock of the Bishop, sheered and drove with all steam through the narrow outlet to the strait, entering at morning the waters of the Bering.
The engines started, the screw thrashed the new ice astern, and the Pole Star sheered from the island, driving forward toward the lane of dark water.
He swung the ship toward the magnetic west and reached for the high land which towered there, then sheered from this into the channel made by the inky waters.
The Pole Star sheered and drifted toward the southward.
The taper jib boom pointed down the narrow strait and sheered in time to meet the first rollers of the Gulf of Anadir.
He sheered in the moment of time, and the spars grated along the overhang of basalt.
The boat sheered from the brig and danced across the waves under the swing of four oars which were smartly handled.
Stirling breathed deeply and studied the compass, then sheered to the true north, crashed through a ledge of locked ice, and won the way to an open lane which led toward the east and Baffin Bay.
I thought it well to do so and accordingly steamed up at a fair distance from the vessel ahead, going very slowly, and eventually stopping the engines while the lighter sheered off.
Accordingly we hoisted a signal, asking the Athenian to close as she was on our port side, but instead of doing so she sheered further off.
As we came up he sheered off, but we were one on each side of him and had evidently plenty of wing power in reserve, so he stopped and took a long pull at a bottle that he hauled out from under his port wing and then hove a deep sigh.
The obedient Billie steered as directed, and thus the canoe was slowly sheeredoff a little from the shore.
Therefore, as the Dragon approached them, they sheeredoff on either side of her and rowed for the mouth of the Medway.
Then they sheered to the west till they rounded its extremity and then sailed down the coast of Spain.
Our pilot immediately complied, the launch sheered alongside, and a red-uniformed official climbed on board.
When he had got all he could, the lugger sheeredin again, and he tumbled back on board with his booty.
The lieutenant was thrown in after them, by the nervous arm of Mesty--and assailed by cold shot and other missiles, they sheered off with precipitation, and pulled back in the direction of the frigate.
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