Sailors

Examples

• I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Strange shipping became more frequent, passing the Japanese headlands; sometimes ships were wrecked and sailors brought ashore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• From what we know of mankind, we are bound to conclude that the first sailors plundered when they could, and traded when they had to. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Only to sit a little while thinking, with your dear face for company, and to hear the wind and remember the poor sailors at sea-- Ah! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The sailors were all in amazement, and asked me a thousand questions, which I had no inclination to answer. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• At all hours of the day and night the sailors in the forecastle amused themselves and aggravated us by burlesquing our visit to royalty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My arrival was like the newly discovered lamp of a lighthouse to sailors, who are weathering some dangerous point. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then a dozen sailors bent to the oars and pulled rapidly toward the point where Tarzan crouched in the branches of a tree. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Two of your infernal sailors threw me overboard. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I will go and have a talk to the sailors. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The men were working backwards toward the little party who were facing away from the sailors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• All over Europe in the fifteenth century merchants and sailors were speculating about new ways to the East. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Poor aristocrats would marry rich members of the mercantile class; ambitious herdsmen, artisans, or sailors would become rich merchants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Bless the sailors, it ain't as if they ever could keep what they have, without it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Being both bad sailors, we should want a Steward if we did; but there's generally one provided. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I never was so tired of any one phrase as the sailors made me of the opening sentence of the Address to the Emperor of Russia. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• What about Martin's relations and the dead sailors'? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Thus addressed, the old man came slowly to where the sailors stood, followed by the other members of his party. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mercy on them, and on all poor sailors, said he, if we had another night like the last! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He seized it and attempted to use it as he had seen the sailors do. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The sailors want to steer, although they know nothing of the art; and they have a theory that it cannot be learned. Plato. The Republic.
• As lazy, fair-weather sailors, careless of the coming hour, we talked gaily of our coasting voyage, of our arrival at Athens. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In another instant we were surrounded by armed sailors, and an officer had stepped forward to address us, when his eyes fell upon Carthoris. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I was down at the water-side, looking for parrots brought home by sailors, to buy for stuffing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• For, sailors to be got the better of, were essential to Miss Pleasant's Eden. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There was an attempt to bring out the German Fleet for a last fight, but the sailors mutinied (November 7th). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now in vessels which are in a state of mutiny and by sailors who are mutineers, how will the true pilot be regarded? Plato. The Republic.

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