boatsman
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boatsmen
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"The boatsman turned, looked at the fire over his shoulder, and again grasped the oars with an apathetic gesture: "'That is still a long way off,' he murmured.
From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Serge Persky
Currents of fragrance, from the orange tree, And sward of violets, breathing to and fro, Mingle, and wandering out upon the sea, Refresh the idle boatsman where they blow.
From Poems by William Cullen Bryant
Under this was his dining-table, near a very handsome buffet, both made by Grelet of the false ebony, for he was a good carpenter as he was a crack boatsman, farmer, cowboy, and hunter.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
Currents of fragrance, from the orange-tree, And sward of violets, breathing to and fro, Mingle, and, wandering out upon the sea, Refresh the idle boatsman where they blow.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard
Unfortunately the father chose to add an exordium for the benefit of the astonished boatsman still lying on his oars.
From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Bret Harte
The boat being ready, all three seated themselves upon a pile of leaves in the stern, and the vigorous strokes of the boatsmen soon carried the frail bark a long way from the shore.
From Ticket No. "9672" by Laura E. Kendall
I was behind the barrier of the boatsmen, but once in the throes of the fight a slimy arm passed between two of them and wound itself around my leg.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
Against the blinding glimmer of it the half-naked boatsmen, bearing bunches of bananas, dozens of drinking nuts, bread, and wine, the gifts of my host, were dark silhouettes outlined against the blue sea.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
In a few minutes Maggot and his son went out and hastened to the old shaft, where they found the boatsmen still hard at work with pick and shovel clearing away the rubbish.
From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The boatsmen gathered up the remnants of the foe and brought them to the beach, where the elder Ugh! was tending the fire.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
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