Ships

Examples

• 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.
• He was the first man that brought ships to contemn castles on the shore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is the drifting icebergs setting with any current anywhere, that wreck the ships. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Which Pa, having been in the Purser line of life, lies a-bed in a bow-window where he can see the ships sail up and down the river. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Besides those which are of common observation it is used for lighting the interior of mines, caves, and the dark apartments of ships, and does not foul the air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Black was the river as a torrent of ink; lights glanced on it from the piles of building round, ships rocked on its bosom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Its principal object was to prevent the search of the colony ships, which carried on a contraband trade with the Spanish Main. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Presently my colours broke from one of Zat Arras' ships. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The gross tonnage of ships passing through in 1898 was 12,962,632, the net tonnage 9,238,603. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A great naval battle at Actium (31 B.C.) was decided by the unexpected desertion of Cleopatra with sixty ships in the midst of the fight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Presently came ships of iron and steel, vast bridges, and a new way of building with steel upon a gigantic scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The California Fruit Growers’ Exchange ships on an average of sixty-five per cent of the California production of citrus fruits. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some were rammed by the rear ships of their own side. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Carthoris and I, with Kantos Kan, took the remaining ships and headed for the entrance to Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The earliest ships on the sea were either Sumerian or Hamitic; the Semitic peoples followed close upon these pioneers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• How can we tell what coming people are aboard the ships that may be sailing to us now from the unknown seas! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Warehouses were lightened, ships were laden; work abounded, wages rose; the good time seemed come. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• When the latter was unemployed, he sometimes walked with us to show us the boats and ships, and once or twice he took us for a row. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• With sensitive accumulators of this character hydraulic machinery is much used on board ships for steering them, and for loading, discharging and storing cargoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• 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.
• Its roadstead is full of ships. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Portuguese ships were the bigger, and carried a heavier armament. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I shall not rest satisfied with merely employing my capital in insuring ships. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• They formed a ragged line as far as the eye could reach in either direction and about three ships deep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Do you remember, John, on the day we were married, Pa's speaking of the ships that might be sailing towards us from the unknown seas? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A fleet of British and French ships gathered around the outlet of Chesapeake Bay, alert to capture the daring mariners and their ship, if possible. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His majesty desired I would take some other opportunity of bringing all the rest of his enemy's ships into his ports. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Presently, Xerxes saw that some of his broken ships were surrendering. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No matter how staunch, sound and grand in dimensions man may build his ships, old Neptune can still toss them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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