 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 764 pages
...westward. " It is more easy to imagine than to describe," .says Captain Parry, in his narrative?, " the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible...breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up die Sound. The mast-heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 pages
...termination of the sound should be corroborated. It is more easy to imagine than to describe (he continues) the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible...to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The masts' heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 674 pages
...termination of the sound should be corroborated. It is more easy to imagine than to describe (he continues) the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible...to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The masts' heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 686 pages
...termination of the sound should be corroborated. It is more easy to imagine than to describe (he continues) the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible...to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The masts' heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon; and an unconcerned observer... | |
 | 1832 - 602 pages
...or inlet, so celebrated for the different views entertained respecting its termination and extent. ' It is more easy to imagine than describe, the almost...to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The mast heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer,... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...carried them rapidly to the westward. " It is more easy," continues Captain Parry, " to imagine, than to describe the almost breathless anxiety which was now...every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The mastheads were crowded by the officers and men during •the... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 638 pages
...did not exceed 800 or 900 fathoms. Captain Parry says : — " It is more easy to imagine tli:in to describe the almost breathless anxiety which was now...whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer, if anj could have been unconcerned on such an occasion would have been amused by the eagerness with which... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Arctic regions - 1846 - 190 pages
...open before them, free from ice and land ; and " it is more easy," says Parry, " to imagine, than to describe, the almost breathless anxiety which was...breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the PROGRESS OF THE SHIPS. 83 sound. The mast-heads were crowded by the officers and men during the whole... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 pages
...; both vessels crowded sail ; and as Captain Parry relates— ' It is more easy to imagine than to describe the almost breathless anxiety which was now...officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and au unconcerned observer, if any could have been unconcerned on such an occasion, would have been amused... | |
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It is more easy to imagine than describe the almost breathless anxiety which was now visible in every countenance, while, as the breeze increased to a fresh gale, we ran quickly up the sound. The mast-heads were crowded by the officers and men during... 
