Boatman

Examples

• Our single boatman attended to the sail; Raymond steered; Clara sat at his feet, clasping his knees with her arms, and laying her head on them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• These are educated people--not like that absurd boatman. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I asked this boatman to explain his conduct, which he did; and then I couldn't understand him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But, if you will please to see if my boatman is there, I shall be obliged to you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A thorough-built boatman! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A half-dressed boatman, standing next me, pointed with his bare arm (a tattoo'd arrow on it, pointing in the same direction) to the left. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The ship had struck once, the same boatman hoarsely said in my ear, and then lifted in and struck again. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I inquired about my aunt among the boatmen first, and received various answers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Colonel Berkeley on landing astonished the two boatmen by throwing them a five-pound note! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• No boat would then be hired for the purpose, and no boatmen; that would save at least a chance of suspicion, and any chance is worth saving. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Or, she may have had assistance from the boatmen, and the boatmen's wives and children. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• These are two Yarmouth boatmen--very kind, good people--who are relations of my nurse, and have come from Gravesend to see me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There was a large number of steamers lying at Cairo and a good many boatmen were staying in the town. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The boatmen are the awkwardest, the stupidest, and the most unscientific on earth, without question. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Typist: Waldo