[The men of the coastguard were called "boatsmen" at that time.] "Iss, I do see his cutlash," said little Grace; "and there's another man comin 'down road to meet un." ❋ Unknown (1859)
Experts say the grade is suitable only for children aged 12 and over, guided by experienced boatsmen. ❋ Paul Lewis In Fethiye (2010)
Most people here, their work is tied to the sea, they are either boatsmen or repairing boats. ❋ Unknown (2000)
There is no more exquisite music, than the romance of the boatsmen on the Nile, sung with closed lips at the opening of the first scene, and the ravishing dance of the Almee, an invention of Arabic origine is so original, so wild and melancholy and yet so sweet, that it enchants every musical ear. ❋ Charles Annesley (N/A)
If the stream be excessively rapid, the boatsmen will appear to be exercising very great force to enable them to stem the torrent and avoid being carried backward. ❋ Robert Hardley (N/A)
The canoe began to fill with water, it sank deeper and deeper, and in another moment the boatsmen were flung into the ocean. ❋ Frederick O'Brien (1900)
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. ❋ Frederick O'Brien (1900)
Getting ashore at the stone steps of Taka-Uka was a task worthy of such boatsmen, in the darkness, the sea beating madly against the cliffs. ❋ Frederick O'Brien (1900)
The boatsmen gathered up the remnants of the foe and brought them to the beach, where the elder Ugh! was tending the fire. ❋ Frederick O'Brien (1900)
The naked boatsmen, dancing just out of reach of the writhing tentacles, struck at them with long knives. ❋ Frederick O'Brien (1900)
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. ❋ Frederick O'Brien (1900)
Arriving at Aspinwall, the point of debarkation, on the Atlantic side, boats and boatsmen were engaged to transport passengers and baggage up the "Chagress," a small and shallow river. ❋ Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1885)
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. ❋ Jules Verne (1866)
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. ❋ Unknown (1859)
The boatsmen thanked him, and Zackey was ordered off to fetch a jug of water; but his father's voice arrested him before he had gone a hundred yards. ❋ Unknown (1859)
Maggot's absence rendered her position still more perplexing, but she was a woman of ready wit and self-reliance, and she comforted herself with the knowledge that the brandy lay buried far down in the shaft, and that it would take the boatsmen some time to dig to it -- that possibly they might give up in despair before reaching it. ❋ Unknown (1859)
The invitation appeared to gratify the boatsmen, who smiled and winked at each other, as though they thought themselves very clever fellows to have discovered the whereabouts of a hidden treasure, and to be refreshed in the midst of their toil by one whom they knew to be a noted smuggler, and whom they strongly suspected of being concerned in the job they were at that time endeavouring to frustrate. ❋ Unknown (1859)
John went off on his errand the moment he was out of sight of the boatsmen, and Maggot walked smartly to his cottage. ❋ Unknown (1859)
"They do say that the boatsmen are informed about the toobs," observed ❋ Unknown (1859)
"Sure it's early to break up," said Maggot, when the boatsmen at last rose to take their leave; "there's no fear o 'the bunches o' copper melting down there, or flyin 'away." ❋ Unknown (1859)
