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She was not under the same press of sail.

At this the French abandoned their attack, turned, and fled under a press of sail.

He tried to sail in but the strong currents prevented it, even under a full press of sails.

Some hours later the Sirius herself rounded the cape under a great press of sail.

The galley wallowed in the press of sail and drew along their port side.

What else would have held an untroubled course, with a. man-of-war bearing down on her under a press of sail?

I saw it indeed, but only far to windward, and the ship carried on under a press of sail for Java Head.'

She came on fast under her press of sail, rounded-to smartly inside, and dropped her stone anchor with a resounding plunge.

Heavily laden and making upriver under a press of sail, Dauntless became unmanageable and broached to.

Johnson seems to spend all his spare time there or aloft at the crosstrees, watching the Ghost cleaving the water under press of sail.

And then when all is a-tanto and belayed we shall set out with a press of sail for Concepcion.'

Not until the last person was off the steamboat--he sent men aboard to make sure--did he take off the press of sail.

She can bear a great press of sail, and with our clean bottom, I believe we could give even Lively skysails and perhaps an outer jib.

When he caught sight of her, the Africaine was also on the starboard tack, under a press of sail, about eight miles south of the enemy.

But - now she seemed to be heeled to starboard; in fact she was rolling, and rolling heavily enough to overcome the press of sails to leeward.

The Centurion under a press of sail, was the first to come up with the rearmost French ship, which she attacked heavily and two other ships dropped astern to her support.

The two vessels immediately weighed and, under a heavy press of sail made every endeavour to beat south but the shoals forced them to stand so far out that it took them many hours.

Toward evening, the gale still blowing with fury, a large field in front separated, and we were enabled, by carrying a press of sail to force a passage through the smaller flakes into some open water beyond.

She was not much more than a mile away, and with the breeze on her beam and a press of sail she was steering south-east at perhaps ten knots - a fine bow-wave.

But what mainly inspired us with horror and astonishment, was that she bore up under a press of sail in the very teeth of that supernatural sea, and of that ungovernable hurricane.

I beg pardon, sir,' said Wells, the dwarfish midshipman, 'but Mr. Harding says, with his duty, that Ringle is in sight, under a press of sail, bearing east-north-east.'

Away astern, beyond the splash of the body, six of the Indiamen were already round: they were coming down under a fine press of sail, but they were still a long way off.

Huron staggered violently to a larger crest, driven wild by the mountainous press of sail, Robyn lost her balance and fell against the Captain's chest, but instantly pulled away, colouring fiercely at the contact.

So slow is the progress, that it is past midnight before that snug shelter is reached, although for the last four hours the old ship is terribly tried and strained by the press of sail carried to such a gale.

The whaler had a huge spread of canvas aboard, far too great a press of sail for her possibly to enter the lagoon: she was tearing along with a great bow-wave and she sped past the mouth of the farther channel.