 ... teak timbers, (she was built in India), creak again ; their aspect and their motion, all struck me as something far more " poetical" than the mere broad, brawling, shipless sea, and the sullen winds, could possibly have been without them.  The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George Gordon Noel ... - Page 71825 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1821 - 712 pages
...contending with the giant element, which made our stout forty-four's teak timbers, (the was built in India), creak again; their aspect and their motion, all struck...sullen winds, could possibly have been without them. " The Euxine is a noble sea to look upon, and the port of Constantinople the most beautiful of harbours,... | |
 | 1821 - 526 pages
...contending with the giant element, which made our stout forty four's teak timbers, (she was built in India,) creak again ; their aspect and their motion, all struck...sullen winds could possibly have been without them. ' The Euxine is a noble sea to look upon, and the port of Constantinople, the most beautiful of harbours,... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 112 pages
...contending with the giant element, which made our stout forty-four's teak timbers (she was built in India) creak again; their aspect and their motion, all struck...than the mere broad, brawling, shipless sea, and the sulleu winds, could possibly have been without them." white sails, skimming along as quickly, but less... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 572 pages
...contending with the giant element, which made our stout forty-four's teak timbers (she was built in India) creak again ; their aspect and their motion, all struck...far more ' poetical' than the mere broad, brawling, shiplcss sea, and the sullen winds, could possibly have been without them." This is a beautiful picture... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 pages
...contending with the giant element, which made our stout forty-four's teak timbers (she was built in India) creak again ; their aspect and their motion, all struck me as something far more ' poetical' than (lie mere broad, brawling, shiplcss sea, and the sullen winds, could possibly have been without them."... | |
 | 1821 - 526 pages
...language, a storm at sea, and justly observes that the distress and danger of the numerous vessels, was more poetical " than the mere broad brawling shipless sea and the sullen winds could have possibly been without them :" and afterwards remarks, '' What makes a regimentof soldiers a more... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...made our stout forty-four's taut timbers (she was built in India,) creak again ; their aspect ?7<d their motion, all struck me as something far more ' poetical' than the mere broad, bran-- ling, shipless sea, and the sullen winds, could possibly have been without them. " The Euxine... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 600 pages
...contending with the giant element, which made our stout forty-four's teak timbers, (she was built in India), creak again; their aspect and their motion, all struck...sullen winds, could possibly have been without them. think that the twenty sail of the Une, some of one hundred and forty guns, rendered it more "poetical"... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 pages
...contending withthe giant element, which made our stout forty-four's teak timbers (she was built in India) creak again; their aspect and their motion, all struck...sullen winds, could possibly have been without them." This is a beautiful picture indeed ; but the extraordinary circumstance is, that if I could have painted... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...their littleness as contending with the giant element, which made our stout forty-four's teak timbers creak again ; their aspect and their motion all struck...sullen winds could possibly have been without them." POETRY OK NATURE. 351 This is really a beautiful picture ; but it is surprising that the noble lord... | |
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