Seaman

Examples

• Right y' are, sir, answered the seaman, going to the door with another nautical salutation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Xodar addressed the seaman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Imagine, then, my feelings when in the seaman who came to us I recognized instantly the man who had been picked off the wreck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I had been a seaman too. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The hoarse voice of the seaman broke in on our conversation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• That seaman was well beknown to me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As he did so, he spoke to Caliphronas in Greek, upon which the Count translated the speech for the benefit of Maurice and the seaman. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• That knife was the knife of a seaman named George Radfoot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What was the past of this Trevor, pugilist, traveler, and gold-digger, and how had he placed himself in the power of this acid-faced seaman? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The revolver exploded harmlessly in the air, and the seaman crumpled up with a scream of pain and terror. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Small black clouds thus appearing in a clear sky, in hot climates portend storms, and warn seamen to hand their sails. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The Venetian and Genoese ships were creeping round to Antwerp, and the Hansa town seamen were coming south and extending their range. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The seamen were all provided with cordage, which I had beforehand twisted to a sufficient strength. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Far up in a sheltered nook, under the red cliffs, twelve graves had been dug in the soft sand, and in these were the ill-fated seamen laid. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The seamen soon knew whence I came last: they were curious to inquire into my voyages and course of life. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Come, he said, and we followed him through the hatchway which had been opened by one of the seamen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I had been in Yarmouth when the seamen said it blew great guns, but I had never known the like of this, or anything approaching to it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They were great seamen because they were great traders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What if he told them that two insubordinate seamen had been roughly handled by their officers? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We divided ourselves, like seamen, into watches, and some reposed, while others prepared the morning's repast. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In the year 1882 Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict obtained control of the machine, and during the fourteen years following it is said that nearly 200,000 Remingtons were made and sold. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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