 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1888 - 824 pages
...stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet and indulge me for half an hour I would either go on or abandon the voyage for...respite was conceded without objection. I went below, and examined the machinery, and discovered that the cause was a slight maladjustment of some of the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 pages
...I stated that I knew not what was the matter; but if they would be quiet and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time. 7. This short respite was conceded without objection. I went below and examined the machinery, and... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 pages
...could hear distinctly repeated, "I told you it would be so. It is a foolish scheme. I wish we were all out of it." I elevated myself upon a platform and...This short respite was conceded without objection. G. I went below, examined the machinery, and discovered that the cause was a slight mal-adjustment... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 218 pages
...assembly. I stated that I knew not 15 what was the matter; but if they would indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for...respite was conceded without objection. I went below and examined the machinery, and dis- 20 covered that the cause was a slight defect in a part of the... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 pages
...assembly. I stated that I knew not 15 what was the matter ; but if they would indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for...respite was conceded without objection. I went below and examined the machinery, and dis-2o covered that the cause was a slight defect in a part of the... | |
 | 1909 - 418 pages
...I stated that I knew not what was the matter, but if they would be quiet and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time. This short respite was conseded without objection. I went below and examined the machinery, and discovered that the cause... | |
 | 1899 - 312 pages
...and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet for a half -hour, I would either go on or abandon...respite was conceded without objection. I went below and examined the machinery, and discovered that the cause of the stoppage was a slight maladjustment... | |
 | Eleanor Alice Persons - 1899 - 216 pages
...I stated that I knew not what was the matter: but if they would be quiet and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for...respite was conceded without objection. I went below and examined the machinery, and discovered that the cause was a slight malformation of a part of the... | |
 | 1899 - 312 pages
...assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet for a half-hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that...respite was conceded without objection. I went below and examined the machinery, and discovered that the cause of the stoppage was a slight maladjustment... | |
 | 1900 - 654 pages
...I stated that I knew not what was the matter, but if they would be quiet and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on, or abandon the voyage...the cause was a slight maladjustment of some of the works. In a short period it was obviated. The boat was again in motion. She continued to move on. All... | |
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I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressed the assembly. I stated, that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet, and indulge me for a half hour, I would either go on, or abandon the voyage for that time. 
