| 单词 | collier |
| 例句 | Benjamin Franklin said he witnessed around England at this time “riots about elections; riots about workhouses; riots of colliers; riots of weavers; riots of coal-heavers; riots of sawyers; riots of sailors.” That Man From Stratford 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Taylor said this shop was once part of a larger community built around the ironworks, which employed hundreds of iron workers, blacksmiths, woodchoppers and colliers. On the trail of Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania’s equal rights champion 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z I loved the moment when "lights went suddenly sprawling over the ceiling from the lamps that swung in the hands of the colliers tramping by outside." Reading group: Sons and Lovers is getting me down 2013-06-13T08:58:55Z My grandfather had been a collier in northern England, my father a career Marine sergeant. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Jung’s interpolations are perhaps an improvement on the real first lines — an elaborate play on “collier” and “choler” — though specificity of acting and direction would have put the language across. Review: A ‘Romeo and Juliet’ That Clowns Around With Tragedy 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z It was painted by Dutch artist Albert Houthuesen who was fascinated with the working life of the colliers in Trelogan, Flintshire, while on holiday in the area with his wife in the 1930s. Cardiff museum takes down slave owner Thomas Picton's portrait 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Many were paid more, too: At boarding school they had received vocational training that qualified them for better billets, as carpenters’ mates, shipwrights, blacksmiths, electricians and colliers, among others. ‘A Sadness I Can’t Carry’: The Story Of The Drum 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z He believes the piece is more likely to be from an 18th Century cargo vessel called a collier, whose best-known example is Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour. Covid-19: Suffolk 'shipwreck find could be 'really rare' 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z HRH replies: “If there were coal under Sandringham, I would open a mine on the lawns and think it first-rate landscape gardening. Oh, I am quite willing to exchange roe-deer for colliers, at the price.” Downton Abbey, like plantation houses, delivers fantasy over brute reality | Michael Henry Adams 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z It looked to him as though the collier was heading straight for the smaller boat but he thought little of it, having faith the Bywell Castle would alter its path. Princess Alice disaster: The Thames' 650 forgotten dead 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z As an addendum to the March 16 Metro article on the disappearance of the collier USS Cyclops, “Ship’s disappearance 100 years ago remains a mystery”: Opinion | A deepening sea mystery 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The huge collier, Barrash figures, eludes explorers because it sank into the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic. Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It's thought the pub's strange name derives from the fact that a collier - a ship carrying coal - from Whitby in North Yorkshire used to moor regularly beside the pub. Tales from the bar - a tour of London's 'great pubs' - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Just as we converted a WWI "collier" to our first aircraft carrier, I expect women will be converting many of our helicopter carriers to hospital ships to respond to emergencies. The Problem for Women Is Not Winning. It’s Deciding to Run. 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z With no similar tradition in England, the terrible working conditions of the collier were hidden from public gaze. Art casts light on lives of miners 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z An investigator at a Swansea Valley pit was "chilled" after seeing a mining plan which suggested colliers worked near a known underground reservoir. Miners worked 'near known reservoir' 2014-05-12T15:57:01Z Joshua, schooled by some of the finest trainers in the country at the English Institute of Sport, is far removed from Bodell, who began his working life as a collier. Olympian Joshua must learn from Harrison's mistakes 2013-10-03T06:33:18Z He was well known for treating injured colliers' wounds - in particular using his homemade herbal balm to ease eye injuries from shards of rock and dust. Miner's 73-year pit career honoured 2013-08-23T07:24:34Z He lost his father quite early, so he became the main breadwinner for the family and he worked throughout his life as an ironworker, then a tin plate worker and eventually as a collier. Film of Calon Lan writer's life 2013-01-12T16:29:19Z He was convicted of killing a local magistrate, Nicholas Fairles, at the time of a bitter strike by colliers against the bonding system which tied them to pits for a year and a day. Council remembers convicted murderer whose real crime may have been to go on strike 2012-10-01T09:58:24Z I have seen some leave the prison in the winter, with thin summer garments; some without a hat; and many scores who were not fit to be seen with a company of colliers. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z So old and ill-constructed are some of these colliers, that in rough weather the forecastle is deluged with water. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z He commenced his seafaring life as an apprentice on a collier, but soon rose to be mate. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Yet how could he present himself at New Romney with a fur coat and a face like a collier's? The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z They passed in safety, passed, too, a brawl between two colliers, the air about them thick with oaths, passed a third eddy round two women fighting before a public-house. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He said he had one very dear friend, the mate of a collier brig, and they were together at Sunderland. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z He caught a collier, three hundred miles away, and a United States gunboat, one hundred and sixty miles distant, but, try as he would, there was nothing nearer. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z "Well, that depends, doctor," answered one of the men, his manner of speaking proving that he was not a mere working collier. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Nearer home I doubt if the proximity of a Leith collier would have appealed strongly to our patriotism. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z To this those in authority replied that a collier is a man who is employed to hew coal and not dirt, and that as such he should only be paid for the coal he hewed. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z “Yes, I have arranged to stop at Upernivik, for an extra supply of coal which a collier from the lower coast is to bring up for us.” First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z The inhabitants were principally colliers and ironworkers, ignorant, rough, and brutal. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z On another bench, opposite him, sat the two colliers who had received him, their lamps between their knees. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Instinct guides them to the water from their birth, and they may be seen paddling about the harbor in stray wherries or clambering up the rigging of some collier, in emulation of their elders. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The ordinary collier is paid by piecework—so much per ton for all the coal he hews. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z “Our collier is here, so we can take on coal at once, and get away from here inside of three or four days.” First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z I got many a hearty curse from the colliers for the plain words I spoke.... Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z "Now you sit right down there," continued the collier, when they had moved a few yards, "and you will get the sight of your eyes in a bit." The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Ay, Biddy, come with me.—What, man! 'tis not for gravity to play at cherry-pit with Satan: Hang him, foul collier! Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z The British collier has his faults, but within his limits he is a sportsman. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z It was also the law that no collier could work in any mine except the one to which he belonged. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z What could be expected of a rough collier population but hard drinking, profane swearing, and cruel sports? Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Lindo's face and hands were as black as any collier's; his dress seemed at the first glance as theirs. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Examining a country squire who disputed a collier's bill: "Did he not give you the coals, friend?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Mr Amos Entwistle is a working collier, and is rightly regarded by both parties as a safe man. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The canal colliers gave me an opportunity of sending my collections to New York, which I did in the beginning of September. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z One Sunday evening when he was expected at Madeley Wood, a number of colliers, who were baiting a bull, maddened with drink and excitement, agreed to bait the parson. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z A collier lost his eyesight in December through the explosion of a blasting cartridge, and the other week, as he was being led home from a neighbouring village by a brother, a terrific thunderstorm commenced. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z "The Earl of Mar, I have it on the best authority, worked his passage as a collier into Scotland." Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Immediately a collier chartered by the Prince, came to meet the Gaviota II in the farthest seas to fill the bunkers with fuel. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z As late as the year 1775, the colliers of Scotland were accounted ascripti gleb�—that is, as belonging to the estate or colliery where they were born and continued to work. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Her bows were lumbered with ice feet thick, and from stem to stern there was no more liveliness in the good Arrandoon than there is in a Dutch collier. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z But most of all did the colliers mourn him—the men to whom he had been as a kindly father, a leader, a hero. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z A good coup de collier all round, and I verily believe that a new philosophic movement will begin.... The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Meanwhile, Port Adelaide had been fast emptying for the time when the colliers and cargo boats could get back, for the time was limited. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z The steam-engines are not working in the coal-pits of Northumberland, and the ships sailing from the Tyne to the Thames, to give employment to colliers and to sailors, but to make coals cheap in London. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z You see, sir, we Greenlandmen generally return to harbour all dirty, outside anyhow, with our sides scraped clean o’ paint, and our masts and spars as black as a collier’s.” Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Rumours of this new “handiness” spread, and colliers from far and near sent their watches and clocks to him to doctor. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Banks′man, an overseer at a pit-mouth.—From bank to bank, from the time the collier begins to descend the pit for his spell of work till he reaches the top again. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The next person I met was a man in a collier’s dress; he was a stout-built fellow of the middle age, with a coal-dusty, surly countenance. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z They will perhaps have to fight with the pitmen and colliers of Northumberland for defence of their firesides, for these literal blackguards are got beyond the management of their own people. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z A little fellow came here one Sunday, a little collier, and he said 'Wilkie knows!' A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z They are a medley lot by trade; a chimney-sweep, a collier, a coal-heaver, a miner, a cabman, &c., all swell the ranks. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Another story of the Bishop's grandfather follows: My grandfather was once baptizing a small collier boy of three or four years old at Workington. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z “Are you the mistress of the house?” said I. “No,” said she, “I am married to a collier;” then getting up, she said, “I must go and see after my husband.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z About 1862 I was walking in a country lane near Cardiff by myself, when I was overtaken by two young colliers who suddenly attacked me. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z And it appeared that this collier who had forgotten his Davy had yet another lamp with him—the lamp of his own narrow intelligence and inalienable, if worthless, experience. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z When we were in the inn, they were so rude in the courts and in the streets, that the miners, colliers, and carters could never be ruder. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Thus Grim the black collier, whose living is so loose, As he doth walk the commons ore, sometimes he steals a goose. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z You will perhaps meet drunken colliers, who may knock you down.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Recent experiments in coaling warships at sea have not been very successful, as the least bad weather has prevented the safe transmission of coal bags from the collier to the ship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z One man, referring to the topic they had been discussing, asked me whether I thought the souls of the collier crews who had gone down were out in the storm? School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z The Chalice of St. Remi, with its gold filagree work, six rows of chasing, and precious stones set in a collier, is a remarkable work of art. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z The excuse for the colliers was that they had all been drinking. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z It was my lot, on this occasion, to be put on board a small and ill-shaped collier brig, called the Jane of Shields, but the master I have forgot. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z Give me a vessel like a collier, where all the lading tumbles out as black as my hat. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z Then, seeing nothing but the tops of the masts of the collier, they returned to the admiral's flagship. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z It was a forlorn hope, for the Pelikan could steam twice as fast as the collier and was much quicker on her helm. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z She turned off her momentary remorse with a heartless laugh, and rattled her collier of golden lockets. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The ship was a collier running round to South Australian ports from Newcastle. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z For days there has been an enormous fleet of southward bound colliers in Yarmouth Roads. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z I remember a good story—it is an old one, but still quite good—of a noble lord and landowner who net a collier trespassing in the neighbourhood of Wigan. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z It was evident that the skipper of the collier had received no warning that a German raider was at large, for he allowed the Pelikan to get within three cables' length without exciting any suspicion. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Roger led the way to the gang plank which stretched from the pier to the deck of the huge navy collier. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Except the collier crews, the folk seldom leave the parish; and their farthest travel is to Hartlepool in the steamer which calls in the bay on her way from Scarborough. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Then a sudden shift of wind saved them, but the next night the collier broke adrift, and he spent two days stubbornly searching for her in the haze and spray. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z To say nought of one's having to encounter the rude fellows that in these degenerate days go a-rowing—shopboys from the towns, farm labourers, colliers, hauliers, all sorts. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Further resistance being out of the question the collier struck her flag. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Lieutenant Hobson, a young man of twenty-eight, worked out the plan of sinking the collier Merrimac across the channel; and to him the important task of carrying it out was assigned. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z They, like sham weavers and colliers, have false papers, which are printed, some in poetry.' Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z A big American collier had stranded and been damaged when approaching the Wellington mines, and Jimmy assisted the salvors in getting her off. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z There are whole rows of colliers’ cottages in this village empty. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z Although the sturdy Britons who formed the collier's crew refused to lift as much as a little finger to help there were plenty of hands available from the Pelikan. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z You also notice many great transports, grimy colliers, mine-sweepers, and trawlers. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z In the East of Scotland a marked inferiority in the collier children to those of the town and manufacturing population. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z On receiving it, the managing owner of the collier crossed the boundary to consult with the captain. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Here, with colliers and merchantmen, were riding the vessels of war composing the Red Sea squadron. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Shortly after daybreak on the fifth day of Stirling's absence, the Pelikan overhauled a large collier, outward bound from Penarth to Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, with a valuable cargo of steam coal. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Large doors have been cut in the steel plates of a collier, the River Clyde, and wide gangplank have been slung from her side. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z The German transports and colliers had been sunk and their crews saved earlier in the day by the Bristol and the Macedonia. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z When offers to reinsure the collier were asked for, Bethune was summoned to Osborne’s house. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Many of the men struggling in the water were rescued by the empty collier that accompanied her. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z He stormed and raved, cursing both in German and English, until he realized that during that minute the collier had sunk deeper in the water. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z When the heroic collier lad was sufficiently recovered to present himself at Buckingham Palace, and the King pinned the coveted cross on his breast, his Majesty murmured, "Forty wounds!" The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z The Chatham, owing to her greater draught, could not ascend the river; but she sank colliers in the only navigable channel, so that the German cruiser could not come out. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Her skipper stated that he had left Jimmy with a broken hawser, hanging on to the collier, which was dragging him to leeward, nearer the dangerous coast. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The German captain had placed his prisoners of war on board a collier before the duel began, and this and previous acts of humanity won him the approval of our Admiralty. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Somewhat to the surprise of the collier's crew no attempt was made by the Pelikan to interfere with them. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z It was while he was talking about the demand for increased wages among colliers to facilitate the payment of the taxes on uncertificated babies, that he saw Kitty. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z About the middle of October she lost her attendant collier, and with it her reserve of ammunition, coal, and food. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z To say nought of one’s having to encounter the rude fellows that in these degenerate days go a-rowing—shopboys from the towns, farm labourers, colliers, hauliers, all sorts. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z There was a good market for their produce at Pontypool, a town on the verge of the industrial district, for the colliers and the tinplate workers love to feed richly. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z During that time Wood fought 18 colliers, knocking out 15 of them. Harry Pearson on boxing's tough but romantic origins 2010-08-05T23:05:00Z He could hear the crash and rattle and roar of the winches, and there was a gritty taste in his mouth as if he was working in the collier's hold. H.M.S. —— The merchantman was overhauled, and found to be a captured British collier in a sinking condition. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Six years, sir—three in a collier, and three in a Dumfries trader to America. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 I began my career before I was ten years of age, as cabin-boy in a collier. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 But below the market it still remained an open stream, where colliers’ barges unloaded their cargoes at Sea-Coal lane, and what is now Bridge street was a sluggish, polluted canal, whose reek infected the air. In Jail with Charles Dickens The P. & O. Steamship Company pay to colliers half a dollar a day; the same men get forty cents per day at the wharves. The Story of Malta The colliers and supply ships of the German squadron at once retreated to the south, and the Bristol and Macedonia followed them up. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z They looked at first glance as if a collier might have lost them at sea. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Of the other ships some proceeded up the coast to Korea and caught two Russian colliers loaded with coal and another ship carrying steel rails for the Manchuria railroad. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy The Se�orita poured, and as she raised the coffee pot Kennedy called our attention to a long line of colliers just on the edge of the horizon, slowly making their way up the coast. The Social Gangster It was some kind of a slow convoy—probably a collier or an oiler or two—and there were only two of us on the job—the McSmall and the Sherill. Sea-Hounds Sunday, October 11.—Came aboard collier yesterday afternoon, and still aboard now. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Explain to colliers principle of the Davy lamp. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 They would have me believe that a very formidable riot among the colliers was prevented by my ballad of ‘The Riot.’ Lives of Celebrated Women I was sitting next to the Se�orita, not particularly interested in colliers at that moment. The Social Gangster The colliers tried to keep the Cornish miners out of the coal pits. Political economy Then his squadron of five warships with attendant colliers concentrated near Valparaiso, and he was ready, like a twentieth-century Drake, to prey ruthlessly upon the merchantmen that came round the Horn. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z We leave the collier at Gravesend and land, let us say, at Billingsgate—never mind the fish, nor the porters, nor the fair dealers in marine products. About London The coal-whippers are men employed to whip the coals out of the colliers into the barges, which latter bring them up for the supply of the inhabitants of London. Here and There in London She saw me, then raised her finger to her lips with an explanatory glance at Kennedy, who was keeping the others interested in colliers. The Social Gangster Two hundred grimy colliers stood and listened to that earnest young preacher. The Story of John Wesley Told to Boys and Girls Probably it is an open secret that Mr Lawrence is closer to the Nottingham collier than to the rustic who made hay while others played Bach. A Novelist on Novels When the colliers arrive at Gravesend, a messenger is sent up with their names and the number of coals on board, and so on. About London The people to be hired were a founder, a mine-raiser, a collier, a stock-taker, a clerk, a smith, a carpenter, a wheelwright, and some carters, these altogether involving an annual charge of five hundred pounds. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The Cap�cure pier made a faint, phantom-like line of gloom as it ran seawards on our left, with here and there a lump of shadow denoting some collier fast to the skeleton timbers. A Marriage at Sea When you hear this will you just think, that the money you give is for the same school that was started by those good-hearted colliers near Bristol, more than one hundred and fifty years ago. The Story of John Wesley Told to Boys and Girls Perhaps not so undefinably, for I am oppressed by unbelief when I find this grouping of agriculturists and colliers responding to the verse of Swinburne and Verlaine, to Italian, to Wagner, to Bach. A Novelist on Novels Accordingly, the enemy, in the shape of half-a-dozen dusky colliers, made their appearance, and deposited their unconscious prize, “Full many a fathom deep,” as Mr. Campbell says, in a coal pit. About London Amazed, the colliers retreated from the coal face to give place to a very different group of men. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Among the Mendip Hills, out from Bristol, lived a wild, barbarous, lawless population, compared with which the millers and the colliers of the mines were mild and tractable. Women of England Oh, how hard those poor colliers and their wives, yes, and the children too, worked to get money to build their chapel. The Story of John Wesley Told to Boys and Girls “Like will to like, as the devil said to the collier.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare Suppose we were to cease working to-morrow—cease working, I mean, in our peculiar ways—and all of us become colliers and factory operatives instead, with nobody to supply our places. The Intellectual Life One of the chief obstacles is the maintenance of the necessary tension on the cable used in conveying the coal from the collier to the ship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Power is transmitted to our Allies from British coalfields by our grimy colliers. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The ships were daily setting out for the North, and the Lane was delaying with a number of others, awaiting the advent of an expected collier. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) A method of wedging down coal sufficiently perfected to be of general application would add greatly to the security of colliers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The collier Merrimac, sunk by Lieutenant Hobson and his men, was not in a position to interfere seriously with navigation. Campaigning in Cuba The collier is fitted with an engine having double cylinders and double friction drums, which is placed just abaft the foremast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Saving the colliers and the oilers and storeships that serve the Fleet, few of us have seen a 'first-rate' on open sea since the day the Grand Fleet steered north to battle stations. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war As the getters—as the colliers working at bringing down the coal are called—are paid by the ton, many of the men have a strong lad working with them as assistant. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The gases evolved from the sudden outbursts or blowers in coal, which are often given off at a considerable tension, are the most dangerous enemy that the collier has to contend with. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" I learnt my sailoring in an untidy school," he said—"tramp steamers, coasting schooners, collier brigs, and timber barques; and those aren't the sort of craft that rub neatness into a man. The Recipe for Diamonds This anchor is used to support the empty carriage on its return to the collier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Some few months since, happening to be in Wigan, my attention was directed to the, to me, unwonted spectacle of one of those female colliers returning homewards from her daily labor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 From the time it is fairly entered upon until its termination it is rare indeed to hear a collier's wife speak a word against it. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Coal then meant the carbonaceous residue obtained in the destructive distillation of wood, or what is known as charcoal, and the name collier was applied indifferently to both coal-miners and charcoal-burners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" I found but little intelligence in the neighbourhood, among even the villagers and country people, that stood on a higher platform than the colliers. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. All day long crews from the New York and Brooklyn were on board the collier, never resting in their efforts to prepare her. The Boys of '98 His father is skipper of a collier, his brother is in a steel works. An Ocean Tramp A chorus of wonder broke from the colliers. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The terms pike, pick, mandril and slitter are applied to the collier’s pick in different districts, the men being known as pikemen or hewers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There were at this time several collier villages in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, which have since disappeared. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. All Wednesday night the crews worked on board the Merrimac; and the other ships, as they passed the collier, before sundown, cheered her. The Boys of '98 An abject apology from the colliers, and a decided intimation from the "Regulators" of the consequences sure to follow any future incivility to visitors, closed the affair, and the parties separated without further hostilities. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 Mr. Hardinge asked, curious to see how much the young collier knew. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines One body of dragoons pursued a rabble of colliers into the country, and covered the fields and roads with the bodies of wounded wretches, making a severe example of them. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II A passage in the preamble of the act of 1799 is scarce less striking: it declares that, notwithstanding the former act, "many colliers and coal-bearers still continue in a state of bondage" in Scotland. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. All day Thursday the collier lay near the flag-ship, and more elaborate preparations were made to carry out the mission of the Merrimac successfully. The Boys of '98 Through an agent at Yokohama I chartered a British collier lying at Chi-fu, with a cargo for disposal. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War It was in this quarter of the mine that Bill Haden and some twenty other colliers worked. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Matthias Bailey, another of Bourne’s old associates was also won over, and cottage prayer meetings were begun among the colliers. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time I found that in the tenebrious halo of the Scottish capital there existed, independently of the ignorance of the poor colliers, three distinct elements. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The collier Merrimac was sunk in the channel of Santiago Harbour, as has already been told. The Boys of '98 Leaving the Japanese port on a steamer bound for Shanghai, I met the collier in mid-ocean, and transferred myself on board her. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War The other colliers had thrown themselves down on the ground; some sobbed occasionally as they thought of their loved ones above, some lay in silence. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines At a time when he was thus deprived of the chief normal means of exercising his talents his attention was called to the condition of the colliers of Kingswood. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The history of our Scotch colliers will be found a curious and instructive one. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The monitor Monterey and the convoyed collier Brutus arrived at Cavite. The Boys of '98 He remarks that the colliers are well acquainted with phosphorescent fungi, and the men state that sufficient light is given “to see their hands by.” Fungi: Their Nature and Uses That a young man should be appointed was an anomaly which simply astonished the colliers of the Vaughan. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines “A collier, I would say,” was her father’s calm reply. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The collier houses were chiefly remarkable for being all alike, outside and in; all were equally dingy, dirty, naked, and uncomfortable. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The Windom, which had laid out of range with a collier, was now ordered in, and the surgeon called to attend the wounded. The Boys of '98 The coasters were colliers, three-masters both, and reefed down, wallowing in the sea. The Seiners A journeyman blacksmith, though an artificer, seldom earns so much in twelve hours as a collier, who is only a laborer, does in eight. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Our British sappers became more proficient in mining, special corps being formed from among the Wigan colliers of the Manchesters and the Lowland Scots. With Manchesters in the East As soon as I got into the328 carriage a basket of fragrant violets was given to me by the school children of Lampton, one of the collier townships in the neighbourhood. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The Sterling, with 4,000 tons of coal, was the collier of the squadron. The Boys of '98 So it crashed through the bottom of a Henderson collier, the owner of which sued the Harbour Board for damages, and was awarded a thousand pounds. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule A collier working by the piece is supposed, at Newcastle, to earn commonly about double, and in many parts of Scotland about three times, the wages of common labor. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy This latter event proved to be the safe arrival of a convoyed naval collier, the Jupiter, which served as a harbinger of the fleet of transports conveying the American troops. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Village life—A traveling photographer—On a country road—Studies in color—Again among colliers—In sweet content—A ferry romance. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The prize is a long, low tramp collier belonging to the Troy company of Cardiff, Wales. The Boys of '98 As at the other landings, the Turks gave no sign of life until the collier had been beached and the other landing force had almost reached the shore in its tows. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The Scotch mining villages of to-day contain a queer juxtaposition of nationalities, and the proportion of native colliers is becoming less and less. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland We could usually draw full “houses,” which were largely made up of colliers and their wives and children. Adventures and Recollections "Pending operations for her capture, or destruction, effective steps have been taken to block the Königsberg in by inking colliers in the only navigable channel." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 Surely enough, the seemingly deserted collier was seen heading straight for Morro Castle. The Boys of '98 When the British discovered the location of the cruiser they sank a collier across the mouth of the river to prevent the German boat from reaching the sea. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Coal must be brought to the surface for the wants of civilisation, and in the process the collier is destroyed, body and soul. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland We had seen the collier Storstadt that sent her to her doom while at anchor off the Citadel, and were much impressed. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade The Prince told him that he lost his way in the forest, as he was hunting, and that he had lain at the cottage of a collier, who gave him cheese and brown bread. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault The admiral sent Hobson a message to the effect that the Merrimac must return at once, and in due course of time the doomed collier slowly steamed back, her commander evidently disappointed with the order. The Boys of '98 Of the daughters, Alice, the elder, married a collier and lived for a time stormily in Ilkeston, before moving away to Yorkshire with her numerous young family. The Rainbow Once the lecture began, the resemblance to a University gathering ceased, for the colliers behaved like gentlemen. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland When taken she reported that two other colliers were in Puerto Rico when she sailed thence. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles In one kind of Socialism the civil engineer, the actor, the general, the artist, the tram guard, the dustman, the milliner, and the collier would all be paid the same wages. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals The monitor Monterey and the collier Brutus sailed from San Francisco for Manila. The Boys of '98 In the still, silenced forms of the colliers she saw a sort of suspense, a waiting in pain for the new liberation; she saw the same in the false hard confidence of the women. The Rainbow I once raised a vessel," said Mr. Bremner,—"a large collier, chock-full of coal,—which an English projector had actually engaged to raise with huge bags of India rubber, inflated with air. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Of course, some smaller cruisers and a collier accompanied him. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles To talk about 'the respective claims of capital and labour' is as inaccurate as to talk about the 'respective claims' of coals and colliers, or of ploughs and ploughmen. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals But coming thither, some colliers told him, there was no getting to the town; all the ports were shut and guards set upon them. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies As they drove home from town, the farmers of the land met the blackened colliers trooping from the pit-mouth. The Rainbow The colliers are the worst for that; they just go straight on, and expect you to get out of the way, and don't mind a rap about the rule of the road or anything else. A Chapter of Adventures In regard to colliers being due in the Gulf of Venezuela, the reports proved incorrect; but the inference as to the need of coal was accurate, and that meant delay. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles To be "as black as a Croydon collier," was to be as black as a sweep; and "a right Croydon sanguine" was a deep red-brown. Highways and Byways in Surrey Next, that by a 'cat' is meant a kind of ship, a collier. The History of London Some colliers passed, tramping heavily up the wet road, their voices sounding out, their shoulders up to their ears, their figures blotched and spectral in the rain. The Rainbow Schley could get no news that Cervera was here; he feared that his coal would give out and that heavy seas would prevent his getting what coal he had out of his colliers. The New Nation Being a vessel of large coal endurance, she did not delay there to fill up, but she took with her the collier Merrimac for the ships before Cienfuegos. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles One Grimes, or Grimme, the greatest of the Croydon colliers, who lived in the reign of Edward VI, was actually sued by an archbishop for creating a nuisance with his smoke. Highways and Byways in Surrey We heard afterwards that a collier had been run over. Mugby Junction Unhappily, such instances are rare, for although many collier boys gained high wages, the money was too generally lavishly spent, without thought for the future. The Mines and its Wonders The flying squadron, impeded by its colliers and its tenders, moved deliberately around Cuba to Cienfuegos, outside of whose harbor it remained for two days. The New Nation When he had finished, the brig looked like a collier, and her speed had decreased from eight to a little over five knots. The Voyage of the Aurora In comes the brick-dust man, with grime o'erspread, And beats the collier and the barber—red: Black, red, and white in various clouds are tost, And in the dust they raise the combatants are lost. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Only you, an' you stood it; you haven't stood much beside— Weak, a liar, and idle, and mean as a collier's whelp Nosing for scraps in the galley. The Seven Seas There was always a good deal of shipbuilding carried on in the harbour, generally coasting vessels or colliers. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville It was their foreman—a man loved and respected by them all, and the hearts of these rough colliers beat sadly, as they bore him thus towards his once happy home! Parables from Flowers On the way from Benton to High Killingworth, Mr. Stephenson pointed to a corner of the road where he had once played a boyish trick upon a Killingworth collier. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Was a small, old-fashioned, black-hulled vessel, marvellously resembling a collier in her outward appearance. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life When the Czar despatched his squadrons to the Far East, they were coaled practically throughout the long journey from German colliers. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan He ran away to sea when he was fifteen and for over a year was employed in shovelling coal on a collier. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Mat Morgan says our manager was only a poor collier lad once, and look at him now. Parables from Flowers He kept a night-school, which was attended by a few of the colliers and labourers’ sons in the neighbourhood. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson There was about his preaching, moreover, a nameless charm which held thirty thousand hearers half-breathless on Boston Common and made tears pour down the sooty faces of the colliers at Kingswood. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God The important huts had not yet arrived in the collier from Portsmouth, but they could not be far behind, and Gordon went on in advance. The Life of Gordon, Volume I He made the mate captain and sailed on the collier for another nine months, at the end of which he sold her at a profit. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands The crew in the steam launch watched the course of the old collier with eyes strained. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Having missed the fortnightly mail-boat I made the passage from Chefoo in a small German collier, and on arrival at Nagasaki took rickshas to the hotel. Life and sport in China Second Edition When it was almost night, faint with fatigue, hunger, and exhaustion, he fell in with an old collier who refresht him in his little hut. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck It was at first intended that he should go out in a collier, but he obtained permission to proceed viâ Marseilles, which he pronounced "extremely lucky, as I am such a bad sailor." The Life of Gordon, Volume I Moreover, numbers of its ships of all classes are employed for war purposes as armed merchant cruisers, transports, oil fuel vessels, colliers, ammunition ships, storeships, and the like. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories By sinking a vessel, an old collier heavily laden, in the channel this could be accomplished, and Hobson volunteered to perform the feat. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Bristol was a great seaport in days gone by, but today only coasters and colliers make use of its wharves. The Automobilist Abroad But Shakspeare, in Twelfth Night, makes Sir Toby exclaim, "Hang him, foul collier!" The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. She had been used as a collier, and was unable to sail against the wind. With Cochrane the Dauntless It was still as thick as it possibly could be, but she found the collier, and, after completing with coal, secured to her buoy. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories Lieutenant Hobson stood on the bridge of the old collier, dressed in full uniform. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The colliers were hurriedly cast off, and the decks were cleared for action. World's War Events, Vol. I In the Northumberland colliers the steerage itself is called the half-deck, and is usually the habitation of the ship's crew. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I expect you heard about the collier tramp that was consigned to the French company at Arucas? Brandon of the Engineers She was evidently to be utilised as a collier, but no sooner had the enemy left than the master, officers, and men set to work to effect repairs. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories Here they all got as drunk as drunk could be, and started fighting wi' the colliers! The House with the Green Shutters Cradock proceeded northwards, ahead of the Canopus, made a rendezvous off Concepcion Bay for his colliers, and went into Coronel and on to Valparaiso to pick up news and receive letters. World's War Events, Vol. I Men who deliver the cargoes of colliers in the river Thames into lighters. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They were not steaming fast, and just before a projecting point shut in the inlet the deep blast of a whistle rang across the water and the collier’s dark hull swung out from the wharf. Brandon of the Engineers The day after he received his hurts a collier dropped into "The Crown" with a heavy stick in his hand. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 And those colliers were reckless with their cash, far readier to commit themselves to buying than the cannier country bodies round. The House with the Green Shutters We lay quietly in our own homes on Sunday, and on Monday had a great meeting on Waun-hill again, colliers coming up by thousands to join up from all parts around. Faces and Places A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “The collier was leaving as we went by,” he resumed. Brandon of the Engineers There had been a great deal of muttered discontent among the colliers before the accident, and since its occurrence there had been signs of open rebellion. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 In Belgium in the year 1683, four colliers were confined in a coal pit for twenty-four days without anything to eat. Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology I saw one man get an awful backhanded cut on the cheek from an Aberdare collier, who was waving his sword about like a madman. Faces and Places In the Northumberland colliers the steerage itself is called the half-deck, and is usually the habitation of the crew. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The American collier and a big cargo-boat lay with the reflections of their anchor-lights quivering on the swell, but there was no passenger liner to be seen. Brandon of the Engineers "There's a mon been killed up on th' Knoll Road," answered one of the colliers. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 An old collier ketch she might be, with a name perhaps as romantic as the Mary Ann; for the owners of these little vessels delight to honour their lady relatives. Old Junk Where Earl Godwin swooped down over twenty fathoms of water the little collier now painfully picks her way at high water. Faces and Places "I tell thee what," a rough collier was heard to say. The Day of Judgment “I expect they’re trimming the coal the collier landed into the sheds.” Brandon of the Engineers "No. You think I ought to be afraid of him, and I am too vain to like to admit the possibility that it would be better to fear any man, even a Riggan collier." That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 April 17th.—Had breakfast at six, paraded at seven and stood on deck till 10.45 waiting our turn to cross to a collier that is to be used in the Gallipoli attack. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" At Bishop Bancroft's Visitation a verger complained that colliers with coal-sacks, butchers' men with meat, and others made the interior a short cut. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch He was a collier, who appeared in a great state of nervousness. The Day of Judgment The dullest Welsh "copper-man," or collier, or wild farm cultivator, could not miss the meaning. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 There are two or three stout colliers in Rig-gan who are my friends, I think," he said, "and I am going to ask them to face the Knoll Road with me. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Upon our famous collier, "River Clyde," We sat as men who wait the summons dread. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The sons of well-to-do families rubbed shoulders with colliers and farm labourers. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War He intended to lie off the port, bring a couple of colliers out of the Woosung River, fill his bunkers at sea, and try to reach Vladivostock by the Pacific and the La Pérouse Straits. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Formerly they were spoken of as “bullies;” but this, among the colliers, means “brothers,” or is derived from “boolie,” that is, “beloved.” A Yacht Voyage Round England The colliers opposed Derrick to the utmost, the Company was rather inclined to ignore him—some members good-naturedly, others with an air of superiority, not unmixed with contempt. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Then the colliers of Wigan stop work and seek to persuade all their comrades to follow their example. William Pitt and the Great War The collier quay at Singapore Singapore: We arrived at Singapore early in the morning, and for a third time viewed the shores; on this trip we went to the Raffles Hotel for a brief sojourn. Travels in the Far East He had made no arrangements for colliers to supply his fleet, and his coal was getting low. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The greater number of vessels we met were colliers, their crews begrimed with coal dust. A Yacht Voyage Round England The colliers talked with rough ill-nature; the Company did not want to talk at all. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Mail steamers, deep sea tramps, "freezers," colliers—all crowded together, and among them but one single sailing vessel—a Liverpool barque of 1,000 tons, loading wool. The Call Of The South 1908 But between the two were half a dozen colliers, repair, and supply ships. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility The expected colliers had not arrived; the Dutch authorities insisted on Cervera leaving Curaçao within twenty-four hours, and he sailed on the Sunday without being able to fill up his bunkers. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima If we go up to Newcastle, we shall see the curious way they are put on board the colliers.” A Yacht Voyage Round England You will not discharge your imperfect apparatus for the same reason that you will discharge a collier,—which is hardly fair to the collier. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 And now it was long past noon on a September day, and we stopped to change horses for the last time at a little smoky town, all full of colliers and miners. Curious, if True Strange Tales Then he played the light upon the colliers and supply ships as they charged by, disposing of them in the same manner, and looked for other craft of larger menace. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility Rojdestvensky put into various African ports, mostly in the French colonies, and coaled his ships from his colliers. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima From the command of a crack steamship to that of a tramp collier was a big come-down; but Proctor was glad to get the collier after a month's idleness. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 The colliers who had noticed her at the window in the colder weather, seeing her so frequently from a nearer point of view, felt themselves on more familiar terms. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 She looked like a collier, and flew the red ensign of England; but Henry knew her. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Hobson's gallant effort on June 3 to sink the collier Merrimac across the channel had made its navigation even more difficult, though the vessel did not lie athwart-stream. A History of Sea Power At first it was intended that he should go out in a collier, but that arrangement was altered. The Story of General Gordon Southampton docks were sheets of mud, Grim colliers at the quay. Old Times at Otterbourne The lowest was composed of the most disreputable of the colliers—men who with Lowrie at their head were generally in some mischief. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 There we find Ratto, the collier, who seeks his daughter Silvana, telling everybody that robbers took her away from him, and beseeching help to discover her. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas The communications would have remained closed to colliers and small craft by movable armament, if not also by mines. A History of Sea Power But they were chiefly the colliers, drawn forth from their subterranean working places. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The colliers of the North of England were once, to all intents and purposes, as much slaves as any negro on the Southern plantations, except in the matter of separation of families. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 He did not ask himself what he should say to the collier young woman, and her unhappy charge. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 So the collier with his daughter and the minstrel are taken to prison. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas He was truly a fugitive from us—or, more probably, in spite of the gentlemanly graces my imagination had lent him, a collier returning to his shanty in the forest. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The black lungs of colliers is another case in point. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 He writes—“Finding the miners and colliers of the Forest, adjoining that p. 158parish, too generally living in the neglect of moral and religious duties, I considered it a duty to attempt their improvement.” The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Unprepossessing as most of the colliers' homes were, Lowrie's cottage was a trifle less inviting than the majority. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 The returning collier would fain keep his only child, who has not yet seen anything of the world; but the nymph of the forest, Silvana's protectrice, beckons him away. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas The prince told him he had lost his way in the forest as he was hunting, and had lain at the cottage of a collier, who had given him some brown bread and cheese. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk It was not until the present century that two classes of workmen in Scotland were emancipated from a species of slavery—colliers and saltmakers. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 We passed on very quietly for a little time, when a collier, named Thomas Morgan, sent to request that I would call upon him. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Her father is a collier and lives as most of them do—drinking, rioting, fighting. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 The unfortunate collier is made drunk with wine, and during his sleep they take his daughter away to the castle of the old Rhinegrave. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Erebus Carbon, Esq., has found a market in the company for hundreds of thousands of tons of coal, and, from keeping a solitary wharf, has come to be the owner of a fleet of colliers. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 460 Volume 18, New Series, October 23, 1852 He speaks of them as 'necessary servants,' and says: 'In this class of necessary servants may be reckoned colliers, coal-bearers, salters, and other workmen necessary for carrying on of collieries and salt-works. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 Gardening is little attended to, the colliers generally feeling indisposed to further exertion after returning from the pit. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The older colliers resented his youth, the younger ones his authority. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 The old Count, disgusted at the idea of his son's union with a collier's daughter accuses her of being a sorceress. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas If you call out to a collier, "There's a rat in your chains" he'd drive his schooner ashore to get after you.' The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols The whole town of women, colliers' wives and all, held its breath as it saw a chance of one of these daughters of comfort and woe getting off. The Lost Girl The order concludes with the following direction: “That one-half of the jury should be iron-miners, and the other half colliers,” so rapidly had coal-mining advanced, and so important had its condition become. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account "That lass o' Lowrie's!" said a superannuated old collier once, in answer to a remark of Derrick's. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Not a sound reached me, except the mournful muffled hooting of a steamer's syren at intervals; no doubt some wretched collier, nosing her way at half-speed through the fog, in momentary terror of collision. Adventures in Many Lands In reality, however, the gain was on the side of Great Britain, the French ships captured being chiefly large privateers and rich armed merchantmen, while those England lost were mostly coasters and colliers. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 He gathered two miner partners—he trotted endlessly up to the field, he talked, as he had never talked before, with inumerable colliers. The Lost Girl Mr. Buddle describes the width as varying from 170 to 340 yards in the most defined part, called by the colliers the “Horse,” and the dislocations adjoining, the “Lows.” The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account At one time it was used for the conveyance of coals into the city, and colliers of moderate size used to ascend it for a short distance. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I To look like her are chimney-sweepers black, And since her time are colliers counted bright, And Ethiops of their sweet complexion crack. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles And no sooner have the colliers unloaded their coal-wagonettes, and pushed empty ones instead, than he reverses the lever and again sends the cage back into space. The Conquest of Bread She even taught heavy-handed but dauntless colliers, who were seized with a passion to "play." The Lost Girl The amount of wages paid by me, in the last twelve years, to colliers, hauliers, and labourers, is upwards of £150,000, giving constant employment on the average to from 400 to 500 individuals.” The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The size of the vessels employed in it would nowadays seem insignificant; a modern collier brig is probably as large as the biggest merchant vessel which then sailed from the port of London. History of the English People, Volume IV He began his career in a collier trading between London and Newcastle. The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas And the old Endeavour went back to her collier work in the North Sea. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The collier kept on talking to her, stretching his bare, grey-black hairy arm across her vision, and pointing with his knotted hand. The Lost Girl Three years later a similar charge was preferred against certain colliers for cutting trees and wood, but we do not find that it came to anything. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account A big collier came athwart the bows of our steamer, and we had to slacken down to dead slow. My Friend The Murderer They were in reality colliers or other small coasters, as no vessels of any size could enter the harbour. The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy A stout, strongly built collier of three hundred and seventy tons was chosen at Whitby, manned with seventy men, and victualled for twelve months. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole There was a thickness in the air, a sense of dark, fluid presence in the thick atmosphere, the dark, fluid, viscous voice of the collier making a broad-vowelled, clapping sound in her ear. The Lost Girl The collier smiled and looked for a pardon. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Occasionally the collier lads resented the lofty airs of the southern-going gentry, until open hostility ensued and much blood was spilt. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Alas! this is no uncommon scene on board, not only many a collier, but many a proud ship that sails over the ocean. The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy Spending his boyhood in the neighbourhood of Whitby, he was familiar with the North Sea fishermen, with the colliers, even with the smugglers that frequented this eastern coast. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole She watched the swing of the grey colliers along the pavement with a new fascination, hypnotized by a new vision. The Lost Girl It is, however, further stated, that the colliers frequently obtained from the keepers the best trees in the Forest, although their claims merely extended to pit-timber. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Before this little fleet of collier brigs got as far south as Flamborough Head, it was blowing a fresh gale, and big lumps of sea were slashed over them. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Among the peasants and colliers of England, among the backwoodsmen of America, swept an uplifting wave of love, joy, and hope. The Chief End of Man Repairs were now more than ever necessary, and the poor battered collier was taken into the "Endeavour" river. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Let us go and rehearse this morning, and let us do the procession this afternoon, when the colliers are just coming home. The Lost Girl Curiosity brought some of the colliers to hear, and the report they carried home with them induced others to come and judge for themselves. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Do you imagine, sir, because I only commanded a collier before coming here that I do not know my business? The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century James cites a case of an exceedingly belligerent and pugilistic collier named Richard Weaver, who was by a sudden conversion to religion not only made averse to fighting, but persistently meek and gentle under provocation. Human Traits and their Social Significance He himself was to be their leader; for as a boy he had often sailed in and out of the little harbor, knew where the forts stood, and where the colliers anchored most thickly. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 So, when one laconic young collier accosted another. The Lost Girl "Hoodoo ships," sailors term such, and "Hoo-doos, both of 'em," the crews of the collier fleet early labelled the Orion and the Sirius. Sonnie-Boy's People He was one of many skilled seamen of that day who were much sought after to command collier brigs during the winter months, notwithstanding they could not read, or write their own names even. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century You will no more listen to one of the old circumlocutionary conversers than you would travel by the waggon, or make a voyage in a collier. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General George Stephenson, the inventor of the locomotive engine, was a common collier working in the mines. Life and Conduct Sudden curtain, and a yell of ecstasy from the colliers. The Lost Girl No collier loaded to her scuppers is ever going to break any sailing records, but hard driving had brought the pair of us along at a good clip. Sonnie-Boy's People Each of them carried three or four apprentices; but the southern-going portion did not deem the collier lads "classy" enough to permit of them forming close comradeship. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century It is very evident that the disease there considered is produced by carbonaceous inhalation, and resembles in all its features the black phthisis so general amongst the colliers in Haddingtonshire. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners The transports, with ordnance stores, were brought in behind the New Mole to be discharged at leisure; while several colliers were run close in, and scuttled, so that their cargoes could be removed as required. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Time came, and the colliers began to drum their feet. The Lost Girl There chanced at the time to be a certain small collier lying in the downs, awaiting a fair wind to carry her into the port of London. The Lifeboat In half-an-hour victory was decided in favour of the collier boy, though with all the fulness of sailor generosity his opponent received an ungrudging share of the ovation that was given to the champion. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century With the rapid advance in the general improvement which has been going on, the collier's position in society has become greatly elevated; and his deeply-rooted superstitious feelings have been, to a great extent, dissipated. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Here they were equally successful, three men and a boy being rescued from the vessel, which also proved to be a small collier. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn What!" said a collier to his wife: "have we got no coal? The Lost Girl Then his attention was drawn by a collier’s boat, pulled by two men as black as chimney-sweeps, with three women in the stern-sheets. Jacob Faithful Similar incidents to this occurred on every collier vessel. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century He became a collier in early life, in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, and came, at the age of 22 years, to East Lothian, to engage in collier labour at Blind Wells, near Tranent. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners “The Fidelity, collier, bound round from Newcastle to Plymouth,” he answered. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor And so she trudged the country, giving music lessons to the daughters of tradesmen and of colliers who boasted pianofortes. The Lost Girl “I’ve a notion you will, too, my hearty,” interrupted one of the colliers. Jacob Faithful I have an old friend, the master of a Newcastle collier. Mark Seaworth On his return to his native country, he was engaged for a short time before his death as a collier at Dalkeith. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Away we then pulled up the harbour, in the lazy fashion of a collier’s crew. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman In her way she was a proud woman, for she was regarded with cordial respect, touched with veneration, by at least a thousand colliers, and by perhaps as many colliers' wives. The Lost Girl I know the difference between a collier and a seventy-four, I think. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Mr Gabriel also found them employment in unloading a collier, at sixpence a day. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Note 108—"Experienced colliers do not like the work, and many are touched in the breath." An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners You start back, for, instead of the countenance you were charmed to meet at the weekly beard reckoning, you see a collier's face, a collier's hands, and your smock-frock converted into a charcoal-burner's blouse. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 In the immediate foreground, to be sure, would be the yard of the livery-stables and the rather slummy dwellings of the colliers, sloping downhill. The Lost Girl She made him no answer, but turning to another collier, who had lately come from his work, and was sauntering across the road, she repeated her question,— “Jim, have you seen anything of our Sammul?” Frank Oldfield Lost and Found His ships were three ‘caravels,’ as they were called,—that is, something the same as our coasting colliers, or barges,—and there was no deck in two of them. Amos Huntingdon Some of the diseases of colliers have in past time been very much overlooked by the medical inquirer. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Here are bands of colliers able to wield them to purpose, yet how unwilling they appear to be to put forth their strength. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 Alvina imagined herself leading a chorus of collier louts, in a bad atmosphere of "Woodbines" and oranges, during the intervals when the pictures had collapsed. The Lost Girl Now, what d’ye say to a trip or two in a collier brig, just to larn the ropes like, eh?” The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Why, I declare you’re as thin as a hurdle, and as black under the eyes as if you had been fighting with a collier. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch The East Lothian colliers, of all miners throughout the kingdom, are certainly most subject to this disease; and those at Pencaitland are so to a fearful extent. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners The event was nothing else but the arrival in port of the collier brig, Hail! Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton The pictures make the colliers and lasses feel that they themselves are everything? The Lost Girl On the collier or short-voyage vessel the crew was necessarily a small one, and the shanty was more or less of a makeshift, adapted to the capacity of the limited numbers of the crew. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties He proved to be a collier named Nemy, who had taken command of thirteen others in the darkness, disciplined them and cheered them, and brought them out alive. Memories and Studies The majority of colliers, soon after they engage in their mining operations, become afflicted with bronchial disease to a greater or less extent. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners I don't know much about boats, but I know enough to be aware without your telling me, that this affair is not a battle-ship, tug, collier, brig, lugger, barge or gravy-boat. The Autobiography of Methuselah As she had thus constituted herself a tender or collier to the Geier, she was accorded the same treatment and interned on Nov. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Oh for to sit upon the banks of the dear old Deben, with the worthy collier sloop going forth into the wide world as the sun sinks! Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 A collier, with a little hesitation, handed out the coin, which the juggler speedily exhibited, as he said, transformed into a sovereign. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The effects of such a morbid structure upon the collier population in general is very marked. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners D—n the British collier tramps! and she as fine a clipper as ever left Bath Bay. Pirate Gold The American fleet that went round the world in 1908-09 had to depend on British colliers. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas From this tunnel the coal is conveyed by rail for 1� m. to a pier, whence it is shipped to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane by a fleet of steam colliers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" "An' is that my bawbee?" exclaimed the collier. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Tubercular phthisis is not at all prevalent in any collier community with which I am acquainted, only occasional cases occurring, and that amongst females. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners When we were in the inn they were so rude in the courts and the streets, so that the miners, colliers, and carters could never be ruder. A Book of Quaker Saints An old collier that couldn't steam faster than you could walk sank a submarine by barging into it, end-on—one can hardly call it ramming. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas He would not be content to leave her in charge of the first grimy collier they encountered, nor was he by any means sure that she would agree to be thus disposed of. The Stowaway Girl A professor of legerdemain entertained an audience in a village, which was principally composed of colliers. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Robert Reid, aged forty-six at his death, had been a collier since his boyhood. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners A small picket-boat came gliding out under the collier's stern and fired several shots at the suspicious craft. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III He went down to Portsmouth and put the planks and fittings on board some collier boats, but not wishing to share their voyage, he started for Marseilles, and there took a steamer to Constantinople. The Red Book of Heroes Information was received from the Bristol at 11.27 that three enemy ships had appeared off Port Pleasant, probably colliers or transports. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War "Confound her proud heart!" rejoins the collier, "why could she not take th' ould ones?" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Or they hold North-Western shares; and then they are supported by the labour of colliers, and stokers, and guards, and engine-drivers. Post-Prandial Philosophy From the "New York" eager eyes watched the collier until its outlines were lost beneath the shadow of the hills. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III The only excitement that the St. Paul had was the capture of the collier Restormel. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 23, June 9, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls During the naval battle which ensued the Turkish fleet, with the help of the Almighty, sank the mine layer Pruth, inflicted severe damage on one of the Russian torpedo boats, and captured a collier. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Nevertheless, the collier, completely armed and well able to take care of herself, made the trip without convoy. Our Navy in the War And yet the collier has to be hung,—if found guilty,—and no one thinks that his life is improperly endangered by reckless haste. Phineas Redux Cadet J. W. Powell had followed the collier with a steam launch and four men, prepared to pick up any fugitives from the doomed ship. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III The St. Paul was too quick for her; crowding on all steam, the collier was soon overtaken and stopped by a solid shot fired across her bows. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 23, June 9, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls His piety and purity were the weapons that alike humbled his scoffing fellow scholars at Oxford, and conquered the wild colliers of Kingwood. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes On June 6, 1917, Secretary Daniels, with warrantable pride, announced the arrival in a French port of the naval collier Jupiter, with 10,500 tons of wheat and other supplies. Our Navy in the War The colliers on this occasion did not seem to regard the clamour that was raised against Irish Papists. Phineas Redux Unable to get at her, she bottled up the "K�nigsberg" by sinking colliers in the only navigable channel. The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 All the British men there were put under guard, and after damaging all cable instruments she could find, the Nürnberg, accompanied by a collier that had come with her, again took to the high seas. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne But the Little Brown Brother only smiled; for the fleet hadn't coal to steam five hundred miles without hiring foreign colliers to follow around with supply of fuel. The Canadian Commonwealth The collier Merrimac was chosen as the vessel to be sunk. Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain But the great body of the colliers listened to Phineas, and every collier was now a voter. Phineas Redux There was a liquid brightness in her eyes as they rested on the mere walls, the pews, the weavers and colliers in their Sunday clothes. Scenes of Clerical Life Stranger," said the collier, "these things may seem strange to you, but when we came here our lives were haunted by the red giant that has gone out into the wood. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang The necessity for operating at long distances from a base carries with it the necessity for supplying more fuel than even a battleship can carry; and this means that colliers must be provided. The Navy as a Fighting Machine So, much hard work was done before the good collier was ready to be forced under the waves. Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain I have made inquiry, and I am told that he must walk if anybody would go down who could talk to the colliers every night for a week or so. Phineas Redux I saw a sad case yesterday; a collier—a fine broad-chested fellow about thirty—was killed by the falling of a wall in the Paddiford colliery. Scenes of Clerical Life The collier's family had lived down the demon, and changed him into an angel. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang In addition, plans are made whereby certain auxiliaries can be fitted out at once and put into commission—such as supply ships, ammunition ships, transports, colliers, mine ships, hospital ships, etc. The Navy as a Fighting Machine The only American vessel that was lost was the collier Merrimac, which was sunk in Santiago harbor by our own navy. Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain There was a cloud of witnesses over from Tankerville,—miners, colliers, and the like,—having a very good turn of it at the expense of the poor borough. Phineas Redux Several houses had been hit, and the inhabitants had wisely decided to take no risks, so, with the exception of the colliers, had all gone. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. The little prince told the story of the German collier family who changed a haunting evil into a guardian angel. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang That this premature old age is followed by the early death of the colliers is a matter of course, and a man who reaches sixty is a great exception among them. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The only way of reaching Peel in time was by a collier steamer, belonging to the East Downshire Coal Co., which plied between Dundrum on the Co. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland That is the sinking of the collier Merrimac in the channel of the harbor by Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, on the night of June 3. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders Civilians had all been evacuated and the only permanent occupants were the Tunnelling Company assisted by some French colliers. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. "Let us sing," said the collier at last. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang Now, if in three days' hard work the collier can earn the week's wages of an agricultural laborer and more—and he can—we have touched the reason why he takes so many play-days. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax On looking round, we could see nothing but a collier aground on the end of the spit. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels Hence the President's notes hurt nobody and accomplish nothing; nor could our navy put up a real fight, for lack of colliers and supply ships. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II A little Danish brig got a slant of wind and rattled in over the bar, while the collier had to stand off for six hours. The Romance of the Coast The collier began to pray, when there was a light sound at the storm-door, and a draft of wind stirred the ashes. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang The colliers had a light boat on deck, but with it even in calm water they could have done little to help the poor creature, and on such a stream it was quite useless. Hetty Wesley All the colliers and pitmen from Botfield walked with the funeral of their old comrade and made a great burial of it. Fern's Hollow And on another occasion he records with some bitterness of a rich congregation to which he had preached at Whitehaven, 'They all behaved with as much decency as if they had been colliers.' The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The sailor-men too from the colliers' port used to come after her. The Romance of the Coast "And you must not give way to anger; if you do, anger is fire, and he will grow!" said the collier. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang Johnny, seated on the grimy deck, heard the colliers discussing her struggles, but took no concern in them. Hetty Wesley Poor fellow! there was not a better collier at Botfield than James Fern.' Fern's Hollow Madeley was a rough parish, full of colliers; but there was also a sprinkling of resident gentry. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century If screams were heard coming from a collier in the Pool, the men in neighbouring vessels scarcely took the trouble to turn round. The Romance of the Coast I am a belated traveler," said he to Herman, the collier, "and I have lost my way. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang Ordinarily she was a collier, or carried iron ore. Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' There was the steady step and glance of a man about him when he came—a grave, reserved air, which had an effect upon even the rough colliers. Fern's Hollow When the Newcastle colliers held their earliest strikes they made compacts by spitting on a stone. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria They point out that all the money made in the brig colliers goes into few hands, and is carried away to be spent in London and Torquay, and Cannes, and Paris, by the great coalowners. The Romance of the Coast I will now show you to your chamber," said the collier; "but before we go up, listen to me. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang Upon this dreary coast, we have nothing but county meetings and shipwrecks; and I have this day dined upon fish, which probably dined upon the crews of several colliers lost in the late gales. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals She had her admirers, too—young collier lads, who told her truly enough she was the cleanest, neatest, tidiest lass in all Botfield. Fern's Hollow Later, escorted a submarine down, then docked the ship alongside of a collier, and have established, to my own satisfaction at least, that I know how to handle a ship. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. All the colliers were laid up in the river, and the men lived on their summer earnings, so that multitudes of small tradesmen, who are now unable to live, fared very comfortably then. The Romance of the Coast Night was coming on, and he recalled the collier's house. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang The vessel was a collier bound for London, and she sailed with the morning tide. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Underground, in those low, dark, pent-up galleries, lighted only here and there by a glimmering lamp, the colliers were busy at their labours, unconscious of all that was happening overhead. Fern's Hollow Tuesday in the hope of picking up any of the survivors of the Buresk, the collier that had been in attendance on the Emden and was sunk after an engagement on the previous day. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 The old collier sailor was a man of one faculty: he could handle a ship to perfection, but he could do nothing else, and he knew nothing else. The Romance of the Coast The colliers are honest people, he reasoned; and with a light step he approached the pit. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang He looked down from the top of a green knoll at Kingswood on twenty thousand colliers, grimy from the Bristol coalpits, and saw, as he preached, the tears making white channels down their blackened cheeks. The Young Priest's Keepsake The work of a shepherd was far more to Stephen's taste than his dangerous toil as a collier. Fern's Hollow They tell a story about a doctor meeting a collier on a bridge in Prague and condescendingly asking the poor layman, 'My dear man, what do you believe?' Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The worthy man who said that the four quarters of the globe were "Russia, Prussia, Memel, and Shields," was the type of the travelled collier captain. The Romance of the Coast The collier came running up the stairs, "What, what," he demanded, "have you been doing to our House Spirit?" Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang He selected the collier Merrimac, a big iron steamer 300 feet long, stripped her of all valuable movables, and fastened a lot of torpedoes to her bottom. "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War It was a good deal later than usual that morning when the engineman at the works sent down the first skip-load of colliers into the pit. Fern's Hollow In his last moments he was so fiercely assailed by the devil that he could not maintain his ground nor find rest until he said, 'I believe what the collier believes.' Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The old collier sailor, illiterate as he was, and stupid as he was in many respects, made a model man-of-war's man when he had been drilled into shape. The Romance of the Coast The collier, which had not been beset, had returned to Tasiusak with the news of the failure. A Man's Woman The position of the colliers seemed to indicate that they had only recently been engaged in coaling, so that in all probability the fleet had left that morning and was not far away. Round the World in Seven Days "The —— Food Economy Committee were astounded yesterday at the secretary's report of a collier's family of six persons who consumed twenty half-quartern loaves in one week, averaging twenty pounds of bread per person." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 "Men never were meant to work and live as colliers do," said Geordie, thoughtfully. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner |
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