That storm showed no signs though of abating, and we watched on through the night, constantly on the strain, attacked as we were by alarms from below, and the furious assault of the winds and waves.
No, sir, even if we had favourable winds we are horribly short-handed, and I should not dare to make much sail for fear of a change, and being unable to reduce it.
He was obliged to blow up a bit because the waves were getting sulky and idle, and the winds were all gone to sleep.
All the foul winds and rough seas had been left far behind in the north, and anything more delightful than the life on board it would have been impossible to conceive.
In either direction the brimming waters of the river glide between brilliant green meadows, and as it winds away into the distance, the trees become more and more blue and form a charming contrast to the brighter colours near at hand.
From the roadway that runs along the side of the old castle walls in terrace fashion there is another wonderful view of rich green country, through which, at one's feet, winds the river See.
But roses burn on the altar of earth, Bridal blossoms, whitest of fire, Dance in the winds of June.
The eagles and the Indians left it here In solitude, blown clean Of kindred things: as an oak whose leaves are sere Fly over the valley when the winds are keen, And nestle where the earth receives Another generation of exhausted leaves.
And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Then rising, he rebuked the windsand the sea; and there was a great calm.
And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.
AND after this, I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
He used, too, to point out to me the effect of certain winds upon the tides.
She was greatly changed, her old rounded outlines had shrunken and she looked frail enough for the winds to blow away.
The winds drove the raft to and fro--the South wind tossed it to the North to bear along, and the East wind tossed it to the West to chase.
The winds blew upon his raft and the waves dashed against it; a fierce blast came and broke the mast in the middle; the sail and the arm-yard fell into the deep.
When on the third day the dawn came and the winds fell he saw land very near.
Did I not give thee a fair wind to take thee to thine own country, and did I not tie up all the winds that might be contrary to thee?
They opened the bag and let all the winds fly out.
And to me, when I was going down to the ships, he gave a bag made from the hide of an ox, and in that bag were all the winds that blow.
And when we came to his island, the Lord of the Winds treated us kindly and kept us at his dwelling for a month.
The storm winds shattered my raft, and when I strove to land the waves overwhelmed me and dashed me against great rocks in a desolate place.
Then the winds drove our ship towards the high seas and away from our land.
This was the only occasion upon which we felt the hot winds in the interior.
From the place at which we were temporarily delayed, and which is not inappropriately called the Devil's Pass, the road winds about between ranges, differing in every respect from any we had as yet noticed.
Whenever by the mysterious laws of destiny I found myself in the cave of the winds of displeasure, there always came to me encouraging echoes from somewhere.
It was crumpled and torn by the winds and the flames of heaven.
At last spring came, with soft, straying winds that breathe of new life.
Let the howl of the coyote, the roaring of the bear and the mountain-lion, and the sound of winds swaying the tops of the pine trees, be to him a sweet lullaby.
And like strong winds will we live above them, neighbours to the eagles, companions of the snow, and playmates of the sun: thus do strong winds live.
He has trimmed his vessel, and he has touched his rudder in such a masterly way, that in whichever direction the winds of heaven may blow they must fill his sails.
He had nothing, said his detractors, but a sort of clever pilot's eye for winds and currents, and the rising of the tide to the exact height that would float him and his cargo over the bar.
Or, wouldst thou our hearts be cheering, Through this pensive lonely eve, While the chilly winds are bearing On their wings the faded leaf?
The wild bird's note, the woodland dell, Have charms beyond my power to tell; While winds are through the forest roaring, My spirit with the sound seems soaring.
And chilling north winds blow, And all New England's hills and vales, Lie buried deep in snow!
I hear a soft melodious lay, The winds are with their tops at play; While moonbeams through their branches stealing, Wake up a wild romantic feeling.
Adieu, dear sister, for the present, But tell me, wilt thou not be here Ere the wintry winds are sighing Requiems o'er a dying year?
It never drank mild summer's dew, But chilling winds around it blew; And hoary frost his mantle spread Upon the little snow-drop's bed.
Behind it and sheltering it from easterly and southerly winds rose the island in sharp and rugged ridges to a high hilltop perhaps a mile away.
At Malaga we were detained by Contrary winds for three weeks; we might, indeed, have passed our time less advantageously at other places, as we experienced much unexpected Civility & saw a great deal of Spanish Society.
I hope our little brig, ye Corporation, with the young pointers has arrived in the Thames in spite of the constant Gales and contraryWinds which we met with.
We have had nothing but light winds ever since, & for the last two days contrary, but I am not in the smallest degree impatient to get to Barcelona.
The winds have told the poet’s old companions of his eternal unrest, of his eternal brooding over vexed questions which can never be settled.
The men untied The leathern bags, and straight the winds out-whistled Furious; the sail flung wide, and flapped as doth A peplum by a woman left outspread To dry i’ the sun upon some airy peak.
Nay, nay, nothing affects me like this country; its east winds might affect a pyramid!
So Spenser speaks of the "oars sweeping the watery wilderness;" and of the gusty winds "filling the sails with fear.
The processes of weathering at once begin to loosen the material of the surface if it be solid; winds shift the finer particles about, and with the first shower transportation by running water begins.
Winds and the swift river's current Hardly had swept off the dulcet Melodies of Monteverde, When the people in the city Held no other conversation Than of this great feast of music.
My old weary bones have suffered Many painful gouty twinges From the chilly winds of April.
At all seasons high winds from the North Sea blow over the graves and fret and eat away the soft grey sandstone of which the plain headstones are made.
So great is the wear and tear of these winds that comparatively recent monuments look like those which have stood for centuries.
But the winds were so contrary, now driving them this way, now that, that they were bewildered, thinking that God had forsaken them and left them to yet greater danger.
A small path winds up to it from the Standing Stone, one branch left, then two to the right.
Riding against the sea-winds at night would be the death of him, and plans must be laid for the twilight after next.
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