... no portion of which was, to our perception, used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarter, that had it been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily... New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Էջ 530խմբագրել է - 1848Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Edmund Burke - 1849 - 1012 էջ
...maintopsail yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal u fiewr d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after it had passed our wake, deviate in the slightest degree... | |
| 1848 - 716 էջ
...maintop-sail-yard would show in the water there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal a fieur d'eau, no portion of which •was. to our perception, used...propelling it through the water, either by vertical ot horizontal undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarter, that had it been a... | |
| 1849 - 608 էջ
...cert-iinly not justified by the simple statement, that no ' portion of the sixty feet seen by us was used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation.' " It is also assumed that the ' calculation of its length was made under a strong preconception of the nature... | |
| 1848 - 572 էջ
...maintopsail-yard would show in the water, there was at least sixty feet of the animal à fleur ff eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship, or after it had passed our wate, deviate in the slightest degree... | |
| 1848 - 422 էջ
...corresponds, — indeed Captain M'Quhae expressly states that no portion of the animal appeared to be used in " propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation." Thus we have two separate statements closely corresponding with each other, and each statement is vouched... | |
| 1849 - 980 էջ
...maintopsail yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal d flewr d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after it had passed our wake, deviate in the slightest degree... | |
| 1849 - 982 էջ
...maintopsail yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal d flew d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after it had passed our wake, deviate in the slightest degree... | |
| 1849 - 588 էջ
...water, there was at least sixty feet of the animal « fleur d' eau, no portion of which was, to oar perception, used in propelling it through the water,...been a man of my acquaintance, I should have easily recognized his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship, or after... | |
| 1849 - 638 էջ
...certainly not justified by the simple statement that no " portion of the sixty feet seen by us was used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation." It is also assumed that the " calculation of its length was made under a strong preconception of the nature... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 էջ
...maintopsail-yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 6Ü feet of the animal « fli'itr iTi'im, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in propelling it through (he water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our K'e... | |
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