follow the sea

He was the only man of us who still "followed the sea."

Even with all this, the life gets its grip on the men who follow the sea.

Some were now merchants, others farmers, a few followed the sea.

To her own crew, most of whom were former slave girls like herself who now followed the sea.

What did I know about petrifactions - following the sea?

Take the ferry path and follow the sea front to the pier.

He wanted to follow the sea, but a paralysis of his right leg made that impossible.

The bank opened in 1829 to give those who followed the sea a convenient place to stow their money.

I, too, had followed the sea for a time so there was much good talk of the ways of ships and men.

I followed the sea wall to the third of the harbour's medieval watchtowers.

Becoming a sailor, he followed the sea and later engaged in shipbuilding.

One of the gentlemen, who had followed the sea for many years, asserted that she was an Indiaman.

He "followed the sea" from 1854 to 1859.

I had followed the sea a bit.

Under them the little ship rocked gently, pulling at the anchor chain, then following the sea as it was pulled back again.

Mr. Trelawney had followed the sea, and his knowledge made him very useful, for he often took a watch himself in easy weather.

He followed her, understanding for the first time how the pilgrims had felt following the Sea Beast to the cave.

Early in his life he followed the sea, and eventually became the master of ships, which led to his later vocation as a merchant.

Rumors had followed the Sea Sprite for many months that the pirates were organizing against the vessel.

In early life, Hill followed the sea, and up to 1704 he was known as "Captain Hill".

Especially in the Fort Ross section did we find the roads thrilling, while all the way along we followed the sea.

Storr has much in common with another narrator who "follows the sea" - Conrad's Marlow.

Austin followed the sea bream into a series of smaller caves and saw the remains of old fire-pits.

The rest of the Society is composed of the more active and younger mariners who still follow the seas as a professional business.'

Charles Gray (born near Huntingdon, England, in 1840) followed the sea early in life.