 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes. About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had so long been the object of their wishes. About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the laud, which huJ so long been the object of their wishes. About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had so long been the object of their wishes. About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes. About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to,EI keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval92 of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes ; all kept upon deck, gazing intently... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...[1492], after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover z the land, which had so long been the object of their wishes. About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | James White - 1868 - 554 pages
...sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch, lest they sheuld be driven nshero in the night. During this interval of suspense and...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes. About two heurs before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes. About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 528 pages
...October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore...towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes. 'About two hours before midnight, Columbus,... | |
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October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes ; all kept... 
