 If you think, sir, that you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command.' I was in the waist at the time, with a good many more men, and we heard what the carpenter said, and what answer the lieutenant gave.  Poor Jack - Página 88por Frederick Marryat - 1889 - 371 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1834 - 532 páginas
...ship, and said again that the ship could not bear it ; but the lieutenant replied, " D — e, sir, if you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command." Myself and a good many more were at the waist of the ship and at the gangways, and heard what passed,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 492 páginas
...so, '"If you please, sir, to right the ship : it's my duty to •'clock on that morning, the whole tell you she will not bear it any longer.' He spoke...heard what the carpenter said, and what answer the mouth of the pipe to the water-cock on the starboard side, lieutenant gave. Indeed, we were all aware... | |
 | 1840 - 818 páginas
...lieutenant, and said to him — 246 347 nv« way, as was hii duty; but the lieutenant answered with u oath,— " ' If you think, sir, that you can manage...carpenter said, and what answer the lieutenant gave. Inleed, we were all aware of the danger, and felt very uncomtat&ble: tiiere were plenty of good seamen... | |
 | Romani - 1845 - 796 páginas
...lieutenant of the watch to right ship, saying the ship could not bear it; but the heutenant replied, ' If you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command.' Myself and a good many more heard what passed, and knew the danger. We began to feel ourselves aggrieved... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 páginas
...the watch again to right ship, because she could not bear it ; but the lieutenant replied, " Sir, if you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command." I, and a good many more, were at the waist of the ship and at the gangways, and heard what passed, and... | |
 | Scenes - 1858 - 170 páginas
...lieutenant of the watch to right ship, saying the ship could not bear it ; but the lieutenant replied, ' If you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command.' Myself and a good many more heard what passed, and knew the danger. We began to feel ourselves aggrieved... | |
 | Jane Anne Winscom - 1861 - 466 páginas
...the lieutenant to give orders to right the ship ; but the lieutenant was angry, and said, " Sir, if you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command." A few minutes more, and it was too late ; the ship turned over, and with all its cannons, its provisions,... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1876 - 170 páginas
...getting past her bearings ; it's my duty to tell you, she will no longer bear it/' '< If you think, sir, you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command," answered Mr. Hollingbury, in an angry tone, twitching his fingers and turning away. About this time... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 páginas
...to be righted; the first time the latter barely answered him, and the second replied, savagely, " If you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command.'" In a very short time, he began himself to see the danger, and ordered the drummer to beat to right... | |
 | James Payn - 1885 - 318 páginas
...subordinates. In a very short time the carpenter repeated his warning, and the lieutenant answered, ' Sir, if you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command.' In a minute or two afterward, it is true, the fool-hardy officer ordered the drummer to be called to... | |
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