 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 90por Frederick Marryat - 1840 - 281 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,... | |
 | 1840 - 818 páginas
...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 the ship better than...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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 492 páginas
...spoke in a very positive way, as was his duty ; but the lieutenant answered with an oath — '"If you think, sir, that you can manage the ship better than...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... | |
 | 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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