Half an hour afterwards, Ayrton, without having been either seen or heard, arrived at the ship and caught hold of the main-chains. ❋ Unknown (2005)
In fact, not so much as a hen-coop had been left on her spar deck, which was clean swept by the violence of the gale, that also seemed to have nearly parted her in two a little abaft the main-chains. ❋ Unknown (2004)
When this was done, the men with Jackson in the main-chains crept cautiously along the bulwarks, half in and half out of the water, clutching on to the topsail sheet hand over hand, soon joined us on the quarter galley -- the young second mate being the last to leave, waiting until his comrades were in safety. ❋ J. [Illustrator] Schonberg (N/A)
Away forwards, the _Josephine_ was completely buried in the huge billows that were constantly surging over her; but here, too, clinging on to the main-chains was another group of sailors, amongst whom I could make out the tall figure of Jackson, with Cuffee and Davis close beside him. ❋ J. [Illustrator] Schonberg (N/A)
A scuffle now took place with two other soldiers who were also on the deck, but not on duty, during which one of them jumped over the vessel's side, and remained for some time in the main-chains; but upon the launch being brought alongside, he went down into it. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
Jackson was closer than any of us to Jake; and, as he stood up in the main-chains to help the negro up, he perceived what the object was that had frightened him, for he could see down into the water clear of the rigging, which somewhat hampered our view. ❋ J. [Illustrator] Schonberg (N/A)
The first mate did this; and, then, it was found, on hailing Jackson in the main-chains -- the sea at present making a breach between us and dividing our forces -- that the other sailor was a man named Briggs, who had been ailing for some days past. ❋ J. [Illustrator] Schonberg (N/A)
At this moment, Cobbett, who was off duty, went into the main-chains with some lines and bait in order to fish. ❋ Various (N/A)
Captain Miller, ordered him to send more men into the San Nicolas, and directed my people to board the first-rate, which was done in an instant, Captain Berry assisting me into the main-chains. ❋ James Harrison (N/A)
Nelson instantly seized the opportunity of boarding her from his prize; followed by Captain Berry, and Lieutenant Pierson of the 69th, he led the boarders, and jumped into the San Josef's main-chains. ❋ Various (N/A)
I've known them since, but what struck me then was their unconcern: they came alongside, and even the bowman standing up and holding to our main-chains with the boat-hook did not deign to lift his head for a glance. ❋ Unknown (1899)
She was full of water, and lay as deep as her main-chains; but her bows stood high, and her fore-chains were out of the sea. ❋ Various (1897)
For some moments nothing but sea or sky filled the field of the glass as the ship rose and fell; but all at once there leaped into this field the hull of a ship, deep as her main-chains in the water, which came and went before my eye as the long seas lifted or dropped in the foreground. ❋ Various (1897)
“I got into her main-chains,” the published copy reads, “Captain Berry assisting me into the main-chains.” ❋ Mahan, A. T. (1897)
In consequence, at 6 P.M. the two frigates fell aboard, the _Chesapeake's_ quarter pressing upon the _Shannon's_ side just forward the starboard main-chains, and the frigates were kept in this position by the fluke of the _Shannon's_ anchor catching in the _Chesapeake's_ quarter port. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)
The helm was put a-weather, and the _Java_ came down for the _Constitution's_ main-chains. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)
Five minutes later a shapeless object loomed up close aboard of us on our port bow, and, sheering the canoe sharply to larboard, we dropped her handsomely and without a sound alongside the schooner just in the wake of her main-chains. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
Smellie, therefore, conceiving it to be our best chance under the circumstances, gave orders to steer straight for the schooner's main-chains. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
