Being in the boat, we were veered astern by a rope.
But as we advanced more to the southward they gradually veered to east and north-east, and afterwards to north-west, with very fine weather.
Rob and Fred thought they had ventured as far upon forbidden ground as was prudent, so they veered off.
This singular collection of men and animals were approaching in a line that would have carried them right over the amazed party that were about to start on their hopeless attempt to reach the sea coast, had they not veered to one side.
This was soon done, every boat belonging to the ship having been got into the water and veered astern the first thing that morning.
I had already determined upon the route that I would take, and was glad to find that while I had been below, the wind had veered just sufficiently to allow the ship to lay her course, close-hauled.
Reef-tackles were ready to pull earings down, but the breeze veered to the east north-east and did not harden.
Like a timid girl, the Englishman veered off, hoisted her topsail, and tried to get away.
The latter drew near the eight scudding sail, which suddenlyveered about and formed a line, awaiting an attack.
The two warriors of the deep were on the same tack, headed northwest, driven by a slight wind which veered to the westward.
Some way, by shifting the big frame of his unconscious partner now and then, Fairchild made the trip to the main road and veered toward the pumphouse of the Diamond J.
For at six o'clock it became hazy, and soon after there was thick fog; the wind veered to the N.
Then it fell little wind, and soon after a breeze sprung up at north, which quickly veered to N.
In the afternoon the wind veered to the southward of east; and at eight o'clock in the evening, it increased to a storm, attended with thick hazy weather, sleet and snow.
On the 16th, at seven in the morning, the wind having veered round to S.
As soon as they were gone, we stretched off to the southward, the wind having now veered to the W.
The wind had now veered to the west, and was so moderate, that we could bear two reefs out of the top-sails.
In the afternoon, the serenity of the sky was presently obscured: The wind veeredround by the S.
Such a very large hollow sea had continued to accompany the wind as it veered from E.
Mauritius, I began to despair of finding land to the east; and as the wind had now veered to the north, resolved to search for it to the west.
The wind in the night veeredto west, and at last fixed at S.
This weather continued till the morning of the 25th, when the wind became more moderate, and veered to N.
But the next day the wind and showers abated, and veered to the S.
We had not been at anchor here above two hours, before the wind veered to N.
But Mrs. Leslie's light nature veered to every wind of passion.
North, south, east, west had veered these terrible winds, freighting always their inexhaustible snows.
Unstable as water, she veered like a shuttlecock under the breath of emotion, yet, withal, grasped speedily at such straws as the winds of opportunity brought within reach.
Since Lilly had become his mistress, his attitude to the world had veered about, so that his entire life stood on a different basis.
The next day, when the colonel observed the importunate person trotting about ten feet behind them, he veered about suddenly and accosted him.
When we went on deck again we found not only that those angry squalls had ceased, but that the wind had veered very considerably in our favour, and we were now running and plunging past Ardnamurchan Point.
The river flashed as gaily in the beam, and the vessels veered as proudly to the breeze.
The river flashed gaily in the sun beam; or rolled foaming from the prows of stately vessels, which now veered as in conscious grace, now moved onward as in power without effort, bearing wealth and plenty from distant lands.
The yacht had not only been forced violently backward, but had been veered around so that it now lay with its broadside towards the bow of the other steamer.
In the "Collingwood's" windlass the cables remained on their holders, and could be hove-in or veered without being touched.
This worm wheel can be connected by means of sliding bolts to one or both of the cable wheels, enabling one or both cables to be hove-in or veeredas necessary.
And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death I was the helmsman's hail, Death without quarter!
Paddles none had Hiawatha, Paddles none he had or needed, For his thoughts as paddles served him, And his wishes served to guide him; Swift or slow at will he glided, Veered to right or left at pleasure.
At the same instant the dragon darted in toward the girl, but my sudden advent upon the scene must have startled him for he veered to one side, and then rose above us once more.
Again the canyon veered sharply to the left, but to the right another branch ran on at a lesser deviation from the general direction, so that appeared more like the main canyon than the left-hand branch.
At my movement the beast veered off a bit and commenced circling us.
In the evening, the wind veered to the south, and its fury, in some degree, ceased.
The wind and weather continued the same; but, in the evening, the formerveered more to the W.
Toward noon the wind veered more to the westward, and the weather became fair and clear; so that we were enabled to make lunar observations.
On the 17th, the wind veered to the southward, where it continued till the afternoon of the 19th, when a squall of wind and rain brought it at once round by the W.
I would have steered more northerly, but the wind having veeredin that direction, I could not.
We had not been long under sail, before the wind veered to the N.
The strength of the gale was now over, and toward evening the little wind that blew insensibly veered round to the E.
At two in the afternoon, the wind veered to the S.
The south-west wind was, however, but of short continuance; for in the evening it veered again to the west.
The precaution, however, proved to be unnecessary; for the wind, soon after, veered to N.
Soon after we were out of the harbour, the wind veered to the S.
So I veered about that delta of idleness, where the noontide turbulence of Broadway empties its driftwood into the quietness of the square, and pursued my way up the avenue.
They were still on him as he veered irresolutely southward again into the square where I sat.
I slipped quietly and quickly out of that unclean street-corner fester-spot, veered off across the street where the early spring twilight was already settling down, and went straight to the house which I knew to be Crotty's.
She was following a course as straight as a crow's flight between the ranch of Drew and his old place, a desperate trail that veered and twisted up the side of the mountain and then lurched headlong down on the farther side of the crest.
But once fairly out of sight in the second-growth forest, he veered sharply to the right, touched his tough cattle-pony with the spurs, and headed at a racing pace straight for the old ruined house.
Manasseh veered round half a point of the compass, and fixed the new opponent with his argumentative forefinger.
But as day after day went by, and all seemed going well, her thoughts veered round.
Nietzsche saw that this notion was so utterly opposed to all current ideals and hypocrisies that it would be useless to argue it, and so he veered toward his first proposal.
It was made up of extracts from the philosopher's early works, and was designed to prove that, contrary to the allegations of his enemies, he had notveered completely about in his attitude toward Wagner.
But Genevieve Vostrand had not been the kind of accident or the providence that she would have invoked, and when she saw Jeff's fancy turning toward her, Mrs. Durgin had veered round to Cynthia.
None of them did so, and their talk veered around to something extenuating, if not justifying, Mrs. Durgin's action.
From an absorbed contemplation of herself and her dramatic career, her mind veered in gratitude to the one who most believed in its possibility.
Then the conversation veered back to the Martels, with the result that an hour later Quin was on his way home bearing a gracefully worded note from Mrs. Ranny inviting the children to spend the following week at Valley Mead.
As suddenly as the wind rose it died again, and when it died it veered to blow at right angles to its former course in a gentle breeze.
Next it veered again so that we had to turn and run with it parallel to the coast to keep from being swamped in the trough of the seas.
Gradually the conversation veered to the main occupations of Jenny's mind--May and young Frank.
Some time before Christmas the gales dropped; the wind veered releasing the sun, and for a fortnight there was fleckless winter weather.
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