By George, yonder comes the Amaranth!" A spark appeared, close to the water, several miles down the river. The pilot took his glass and looked at it steadily for a moment, and said, chiefly to himself: "It can't be the Blue Wing. She couldn't pick us... The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day - Strana 36podľa Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner - 1880 - Počet stránok 574Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Samuel Langhorne Clemens - 1874 - Počet stránok 640
...back and reveal the bends beyond; and they looked miles to the rear and saw 44 THE AMARANTH'S COMING I the silvery highway diminish its breadth by degrees...unhuman voice rumbled up through the tube in answer: "/am. Second engineer." " Good ! You want to stir your stumps, now, Harry — the Amaranth's just turned... | |
| Samuel Langhorne Clemens - 1874 - Počet stránok 276
...marvellous .'""'""' ..„> II-. I. ""«'« /.. '•"<< ,/ lf/l11 '••>,.. (/ THE AMARANTH'S COMING. 41 He bent over a speaking-tube, and said : " Who's on watch down there ? " A hollow, inhuman voice, rumbled up through the tube, in answer : " I am. Second engineer." " Good ! You want... | |
| Mark Twain - 1883 - Počet stránok 816
...down an' feel proud dat you come so nigh bein' an eminent citizen ! " The Steamboat Race. Hark Twain. Presently the pilot said : " By George, yonder comes...and said : " Who's on watch down there ?" A hollow, inhuman voice mumbled up through the tube in answer : "I am — second engineer." "Good! you want to... | |
| Samuel Langhorne Clemens - 1883 - Počet stránok 522
...by degrees, and close itself together in the distance. Presently the pilot said : NOT ENCOURAGED. " By George, yonder comes the Amaranth ' " A spark appeared,...and said : " Who's on watch down there ? " A hollow, inhuman voice, rumbled up through the tube, in answer : " I am. Second engineer." "Good ! You want... | |
| Henry Marlin Soper - 1880 - Počet stránok 152
...THE STEAMBOAT RACE. BY MABK TWAIN. Presently the pilot said: "By George, yonder comes the Amaranth I" A spark 'appeared close to the water, several miles...speaking-tube and said : " Who's on watch down there f " " I am— second engineer." "Good! you want to stir your stumps, now, Harry; The Amaranth's just... | |
| 1897 - Počet stránok 328
...children as they cry, Ever as the days go by, "Where's mother?" -XTHE STEAMBOAT RACE. BY MARK TWAIN. Presently the pilot said: "By George, yonder comes...and said : "Who's on watch down there?" A hollow, inhuman voice mumbled up through the tube in answer: "I am — second engineer." "Good! you want to... | |
| Mark Twain - 1901 - Počet stránok 370
...saw the wooded capes fold back and reveal the bends beyond; and they looked miles to the rear and saw the silvery highway diminish its breadth by degrees...unhuman voice rumbled up through the tube in answer: "7am. Second engineer." "Good! You want to stir your stumps, now, Harry — the Amaranth's just turned... | |
| Mark Twain - 1901 - Počet stránok 370
...the wooded capes fold back and reveal the bends beyond ; and they looked miles to the rear and saw the silvery highway diminish its breadth by degrees...unhuman voice rumbled up through the tube in answer: "/am. Second engineer." "Good! You want to stir your stumps, now, Harry — the Amaranth's just turned... | |
| Mark Twain - 1901 - Počet stránok 372
...the wooded capes fold back and reveal the bends beyond ; t and they looked miles to the rear and saw the silvery highway diminish its breadth by degrees...unhuman voice rumbled up through the tube in answer: "/am. Second engineer." "Good! You want to stir your stumps, now, Harry — the Amaranth's just turned... | |
| 1901 - Počet stránok 592
...himself: " It can't be the Blue Whig i she couldn't pick us up this way. It's the Amaranth, iure." He bent over a speaking-tube and said : "Who's on watch down there ?" A hollow, inhuman voice mumbled up through the tube in answer: "I am — second engineer." " Good ! you want... | |
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