An American vessel, becalmed in the offing, had made out the brig as the sun rose; and the captain having his time on his hands in consequence of the calm, and seeing a vessel anchored where no vessel had any reason to be, had manned one of his boats... Miss Or Mrs?: And Other Stories ... - Página 119por Wilkie Collins - 1872 - 121 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Dickens - 1861 - 482 páginas
...brig as the sun rose : and the captain, having his time on his hands in cor.seqnence of the calm, nnd seeing a vessel anchored where no vessel had any reason...boarded her, was a gleam of candlelight through the rhink in the hatchway. The flame was within about a thread's breadth of the slow-match, when he lowered... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1861 - 260 páginas
...the calm, and seeing a vessel anchored where no vessel had any reason to be, had manned one of bis boats and sent his mate with it, to look a little...chink in the hatchway. The flame was within about a thread's breadth of the slowmatch, when he lowered himself into the hold ; and if he had not had the... | |
| Wilkie Collins - 1873 - 354 páginas
...sure of no interruption, so long as they managed their murderous work quietly under cover of night. My life had not been saved from the shore, but from...chink in the hatchway. The flame was within about a thread's breath of the slow-match, when he lowered himself into the hold ; and if he had not had the... | |
| Wilkie Collins - 1875 - 572 páginas
...from the shore, but from the sea. An American vessel, becalmed in the offing, had made out the brig aa the sun rose; and the captain having his time on his...chink in the hatchway. The flame was within about a thread's breadth of the slow-match when he lowered himself into the hold; and if he had not had the... | |
| Wilkie Collins - 1875 - 358 páginas
...one of his boats and sent his mate with it, to look a little closer into the matter, and bring Lack a report of what he saw. What he saw, when he and...chink in the hatchway. The flame was within about a thread's breadth of the slow-match when he lowered himself into the hold : and if he had not had the... | |
| Wilkie Collins - 2006 - 340 páginas
...sure of no interruption, so long as they managed their murderous work quietly under cover of night. My life had not been saved from the shore, but from...chink in the hatchway. The flame was within about a thread's breadth of the slow-match when he lowered himself into the hold; and if he had not had the... | |
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