| 单词 | flood tide |
| 例句 | The silvers were running in immense schools, they said, mostly on the flood tide. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Black Betha rode the flood tide, her sail cracking and snapping at each shift of wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Colour and scent and sound, rain and the lapping of water, even the mists of autumn and the smell of the flood tide, these are memories of Manderley that will not be denied. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They would be sweeping in on the flood tide, but the Lannisters would have the river current to their favor, and the Blackwater Rush flowed strong and swift where it met the sea. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I loved ebb tide, when the pluff mud bubbled, and flood tide, when the waters lapped gently against the shore. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z These are resolutely prosaic works; where Whitman saw “River and sunset and scallop-edg’d waves of flood tide,” not to mention crowds of hopeful immigrants, Hopper sees infrastructure. Edward Hopper’s Fantasy Island 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The next morning, a flood tide of parents and children washed over the kids’ area, with families backed up out the door. At a Club Med Ski Resort, Learning to Love the Apéro 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z It is a passionate and moving love story which surges out of the screen like a flood tide. Cannes 2012: Rust and Bone 2012-05-17T11:11:25Z And winter’s low tide anticipates the flood tide of spring, with the promise of summer on its heels. Martha’s Vineyard, the Off-Season Version 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s all about where to be fishing relative to the ebb and flood tides and making the right decisions. Tony Floor's Tackle Box opens up to a parade of Columbia River salmon 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z He allowed himself to be swept away by the anticipatory flood tide of “Something’s Coming,” from “West Side Story” and to be crushed by the melancholy of “Mood Indigo.” Music Review: Darius de Haas in ‘If Only for One Night’ at 54 Below, 2012-12-05T23:00:46Z But not all the blame can be put on the corporate conglomerates, who have, like a flood tide, been inundating family-run houses. Everyone Is Guilty for the Fashion Muddle 2012-02-26T18:31:49Z “Climate creep” has led to increasingly extreme weather events, and flood tides nibble away at coastal cities. Classic dystopian novels forecast a bleak future — soon 2014-03-28T20:10:55Z Dismissed as decorative and un-American in the isolationist 1930s, it was all but submerged in the flood tide of Abstract Expressionism. Art Review | 'Constructive Spirit': History Lesson in Abstraction, Cutting Across the Americas 2010-02-19T05:50:00Z A magazine advertisement shows that in the 1960s, Volkswagen named a camper after Mr. Hedin; we also learn — here information becomes a flood tide — that he was a Nazi sympathizer. A Bold Explorer Surfaces in ‘Wandering Lake’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z These enclaves, once the backbone of Ukraine’s agricultural eastern steppe, were reduced to ruin as the war passed over them like a flood tide. Ruined, Empty, Mined and Overgrown: Ukraine’s Forgotten Villages 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z “To please the dead,” he composes and presents a biographical essay of her ancient hero: Julian the Apostate, “the last pagan emperor of Rome, who attempted to turn back the disastrous flood tide of Christianity.” Review | Julian Barnes is back. But where’s the magic? 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Ever more fraught arguments over speech and academic freedom on U.S. campuses have moved as a flood tide into the sciences. MIT’s choice of lecturer ignited criticism. So did its decision to cancel 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z But they are also beginning to consider plans for other ways to cope, including some forms of rationing care, if the flood tide of patients continues to rise. COVID-Overwhelmed Hospitals Strain Staff and Hope to Avoid Rationing Care 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The inevitable flood tide of gimcrack Biden souvenirs has yet to start in earnest, but there are some. After Centuries of Obscurity, Wilmington Is Having a Moment 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z In theory, this will also protect hospitals from being overwhelmed by a flood tide of patients. Opinion | This crisis is about democracy itself 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z At Belleau Wood, they went up against a professional German army equipped with machine guns and heavy artillery, at the flood tide of a breakthrough near Paris that seemed about to end the war. The Battle of Belleau Wood was brutal, deadly and forgotten. But it forged a new Marine Corps. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z When you are in the basements, just a few feet away are the mudbanks and flood tides of the Thames. Westminster, home of British democracy, is rotting from within 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z “It continued to try to curl under, during both ebb and flood tides.” State investigators focus on nets plugged with mussels in Atlantic salmon net-pen failure 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z “The Shape of Water” is a flow of sumptuous images set to music, a flood tide of feelings with a mythic undertow. ‘The Shape of Water’ Review: A Dazzling Dive Into the Fantastic 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Every night smoke rolls into Seeley Lake, Mont., like a ghostly flood tide. A wildfire on the ridge above the valley town has blazed since July. Wildfires have burned an area the size of Maryland 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z On a flood tide, the current spit us grapeseed-like through the Narrows at 11 knots — about twice our normal motoring speed. Sailing the water wonderlands of South Puget Sound 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z There would be times when she would be pushed backward by a flood tide. Kim Chambers Attempts Record-Setting Swim in Sacramento River 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Keep your terminal tackle clean and fish the flood tides between markers 2 and 26. Tony Floor's Tackle Box loaded with plenty of late-summer salmon fishing choices 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z She joined the flood tide of people leaving Eritrea and attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea on flimsy rafts and boats. Eritrea’s culture of fear 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The refugee crisis arrived in the ancient city of Thermopylae like a slowly rising flood tide. A Journey Across Greece, a Bankrupt Land at Risk of Becoming a Refugee Prison 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z During that time, the beach is all but cut off by the flood tide of the swollen Nosara River, which blocks access on bridges. Tourists Thwart Turtles from Nesting in Costa Rica 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Like Daniel and Doug Brown on July 24, authorities say, Oliver entered the bay amid a “flood tide,” which propels enormous amounts of water northwest through a bottleneck off Lusby’s coast. He knew two men had just drowned at Cove Point. He went in the water anyway. 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Pataki called for a revolving door bill to stem the flood tide of ex-officials flowing into K Street from every government office. This is why Hillary’s losing: The issue Jeb Bush and Donald Trump understand, which may keep Clinton from the White House 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z After a month, they grow to look like lobsters the size of pin heads and ride flood tides northward into the bay. A deadly journey by female blue crabs is key to the survival of a troubled species in the Chesapeake Bay 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The book begins at the uppermost zone where a flood tide's waves barely splash our shoes. In retrospect: Between Pacific Tides : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The best time to catch squid is on a flood tide, and the prime time occurs in the middle of the night or early-mornings. | Sports | The Seattle Times 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The slender-billed curlew's recorded history sees the rise and fall of communism, the flood tide of Western capitalism, European integration, and now, perhaps, the ebb of those currents in the face of globalisation. Where has Europe's rarest bird gone? 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The race is rowed upstream and is timed to start on the incoming flood tide, usually an hour before high tide, so that the crews are rowing with the fastest possible current. Oxford target Boat Race defence 2014-04-03T14:33:46Z He is also rowing against a flood tide in the labor movement, even though his local is affiliated with the A.F.L.-C.I.O. For Chris Crane, a Quest to Block an Immigration Bill 2013-06-01T17:33:51Z "The best time is during the flood tide, but there can be a brief bite on the ebb tide," Floor said. Fishing for kings fine in Grays Harbor 2012-09-29T23:52:08Z Squid jigging is slow to fair at nights on the flood tide off Bremerton waterfront piers and Pier 86 on the Seattle waterfront. Digs for coastal razor clams should start around Oct. 13 | Fishing report 2012-09-27T01:54:04Z I like flood tides during the last two weeks of September. Tony Floor's Tackle Box loaded with plenty of salmon fishing activities 2012-09-09T18:29:16Z But the flood tide of armaments keeps running in. Gotham: In the Safest Big City, a Summer of Guns and Death 2012-09-04T01:00:02Z But even at flood tide it will be nothing like the transformation of the same stretch in the early 20th century. Streetscapes: Streetscapes — Park Avenue, the ’Tween Years 2012-08-19T00:10:04Z I fish the marker line, from Marker #2 east as far as Marker #26 on the soft flood tides. Tony Floor's Tackle Box full of late summer salmon fishing festivities 2012-08-03T18:29:34Z I left Shilshole Bay at 4:30 a.m., and went against grain and fished Point No Point on a flood tide: PNP is best fished on an outgoing tide. Hatchery king fishery on right track in northern and central Puget Sound 2012-07-25T20:58:31Z Wyndham let go while the sea got rough, for the flood tide now ran against the freshening wind. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z That flood tide, pushing its irresistible course onward, still swept on, until in our day it mingled its waters with the Great Pacific Ocean. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Here, as well as throughout the Barbara channel, the flood tide sets to the southward. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z He is a Leaguer out and out--one who would rise to fortune on the flood tide of the mob? For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z But the ministry still rode the flood tide of favour, Lord Grey was still his country's pride, and Brougham a hero. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z If he decides to accept the FA's offer, Redknapp will take the job on a flood tide of goodwill. Harry Redknapp's Dad's Army take on England would be a step back 2012-02-13T22:30:01Z Now, though the sun was low, he was working rather harder than ever, with the flood tide, which would shortly compel him to desist, creeping up to his feet. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z All around were pieces of timber of all sizes and shapes, slowly drifting shorewards with the flood tide. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z He also remembered that in another hour or less the flood tide would come creeping back across the dreary waste. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Old things, old hopes, old ties, old memories return on that gentle flood tide to eyes and mind. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z "I have no objection, but I warn you that it's flood tide, and that that point will be surrounded by water before the end of an hour." The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Rafts containing several hundred thousand cubic feet of timber are often caught by the flood tide, torn to pieces, and dispersed for miles along the shores. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z When the flood tide was at its height, Fernandez, the constable, prepared to execute his order. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z The flood tide was making and he did not know how far off the beach was, while he had no desire to spend the night in the woods. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The anchor rose to the bows and the Enchantress moved away against the flood tide. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z At flood tide they will be found in the channel, but at ebb they seek some deep hole. Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z Until the Thames Conservancy obtained statutory powers in 1868 to clear the course for boat-racing, it used to be a ticklish matter to pick a safe course on a flood tide. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The waves, now propelled upon a flood tide, rolled in upon the shore, and broke almost at the door of the hut, with a hoarse and harsh and ceaseless plash. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z On a flood tide the salmon move upstream. Columbia River mount is place to be for salmon anglers 2011-08-25T03:01:04Z At ten that night it was low water, and they stopped on account of the flood tide. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z The second influx arrived 7-14 days after extreme low tides occurred in late June-early July and presumably moved into the Bay on flood tides. Humpback Whales in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska 2011-08-17T02:00:28.850Z Now the flood tide does not run through the bridge at right angles to the span. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z They could tell by the interest in the room when the actress was coming, and both men rose 110 as Letty Lane floated in at flood tide with a crowd of last arrivals. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z The flood tide moving with great force and swiftness up the river. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z With the swimmer Rondi Davies, a Manhattan geologist and a winner of several city races, Mr. Barra has calculated ebb tides and flood tides against the speed of each of the 16 swimmers taking part. Seven Days and 120 Miles to Go 2011-07-03T03:00:52Z Strong flood tides push sea water into the Bay over the sills. Humpback Whales in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska 2011-08-17T02:00:28.850Z Calef was a moral hero, and bravely did noble work in bringing flood tides of murderous fanaticism, error, and delusion to an ebb, and in barring channels against their return. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z It is supposed the fish came up on the night of the 21st, with the strong flood tide.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z A whole flood tide of pleasure seemed to pour itself into Rotha's heart, making her deaf and blind to what was around her or what Antoinette said. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z I anchored once, waiting for the flood tide to take me through the gate, close alongside the rock her hut is on. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z It ran ashore at the next flood tide, two miles further up the shore. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The Bebelian theory linked the ultimate goal with ultimate power, both to be attained by waiting until the flood tide. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z At the flood tide the vessel floated off and steamed out to sea. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Others describe it as a useful corporation nearly drowning in a flood tide of mortgage foreclosures. MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan 2011-03-05T16:32:56Z Brother mine, what if that flood tide which comes, they say, to each, once in life, was on its way to you and to me? The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z Sweeping in on the flood tide I saw three New England schooners. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z Economies and climate conditions surge and ebb, but connectivity and communication are spreading and cresting in a one-way flood tide of information and imagery. Dot Earth: Explaining Egypt 2011-02-01T17:39:47Z Joe doesn't cite a single example of a massacre committed by these “teeming” masses of crazy homeless people, let alone enough to support the idea that there is a “flood tide” of them. Fear-Mongering and the Mentally-Ill 2011-01-14T22:10:00Z Two are obvious: Given the flood tide of massacres perpetrated by crazy people, have we made a grievous error in our policies regarding the confinement of the mentally ill? Joe Klein: Arms and the Unbalanced 2011-01-13T08:30:00Z So too when they reach I'', half a day later, they will again rise in flood tide, and midway between these points, at I', the waters must subside, giving low or ebb tide. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z So, he would carry Jill away, borne on the flood tide of his love. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Fair smelt jigging on the flood tide at Cornet Bay Pier on Whidbey Island. Big chill descends on Tengu fish derby 2010-12-16T06:01:06Z Good and bad for smelt jigging on flood tide at Cornet Bay Pier on Whidbey Island. Anglers must fight rain to find best fishing events 2010-10-28T00:53:00Z "It is going to be fantastic for kings, and all the information points to a pretty solid guarantee that they'll be arriving on every flood tide," Floor said. Huge chinook run expected to start reaching Columbia 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z It was a ???flood tide of corporate larceny,??? wrote Galbraith. How to Enroll 30 Million in Health Insurance 2010-03-29T22:03:00Z The banks are dry the last two hours of the ebb and the first two hours of the flood tide. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. The wind was east, and a flood tide, so that the tenders could not get out, though they tried several times; the lighthouse fired signal guns, but all would not do. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Good and bad for smelt jigging on flood tide at Cornet Bay Pier on Whidbey Island. Anglers must fight rain to find best fishing events 2010-10-28T00:53:00Z The next morning the British ships passed up the river at flood tide, and attacked a small French squadron above the city. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Then the flood tide of talk and laughter seemed to flow on over my head so fast that I literally could not make myself heard. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune They sailed buoyantly, prosperously and joyfully on the flood tide of domestic felicity until the angry elements of an oppressed people were concentrated by British oppression and raised the rough storm of the Revolution. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution All, however, were safely anchored, and two hours later, when the flood tide was making, light-draught steamers were set to sweep the area. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War I saw ‘At F. T.,’ at the bottom of the script, but I don’t know what it meant——” “‘At flood tide’—that’s what it meant! Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery When resting on our oars, the boats were drifted to the westward, by a current which we ascertained, by subsequent observations, to be the flood tide. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea It contained between an acre and a half and two acres, was beautifully wooded, stood well above flood tide and was surrounded on two sides by beaches of clean white sand. The Crimson Sweater When the delegates compared notes they were astonished at the wide spread system of abuses that was on the flood tide of advancement throughout the Colonies. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution This was another and perhaps even a deeper intoxication than that of the flood tide of spring. The Book of Susan A Novel At flood tide a swimmer could pass directly over it in safety. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Much ice drove past us in the course of the day, before a west-north-west wind, its progress being only slightly checked for a time by the flood tide. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The Kentuckian was afoot and alert when he said: "You know the probabilities better than any of us: how much time have we before these flood tides will come down?" The King of Arcadia He had witnessed the enrapturing rhetoric of Chatham—the logical genius of Burke—the fascinating manners of Chesterfield and saw Garrick on the flood tide of his glory. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution They could also work with head to the flood tide, but it took so long a time to turn them about that it was impracticable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" They were to come up on the flood tide. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The Vulture was so seriously damaged that had she not got off with the flood tide she would have had to surrender to the Americans. Elsie on the Hudson The flood tide making over the shoals sets in with a thrussh of broken water alee of the wreck. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Gen. Burgoyne was on the flood tide of military glory—rushing down upon the north like a herd of wild buffaloes over a prairie—spreading consternation far and wide. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It was necessary to prepare a thousand feet of bridging to cross the Alabama River, then at flood tide and filled with floating débris. Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville? May the Chinese feel the flood tide of new life that has come into Peking! James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports The great wave of evolutionary progress, is fast rising to a flood tide! Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century With flood tide to help us, we made good progress. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war From that time to the present our nation has advanced on the flood tide of successful experiment and been blessed with an increasing prosperity that has no parallel in the annals of history. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It was unlucky for us that we happened to fall in with that tremendous place in the strength of flood tide in the highest spring tide that has been this year. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 No man can guess the power of the floods and the deep sea currents herded by an easterly gale till he has seen the leaping of the flood tide at such a time. Old Plymouth Trails It was a long row, but the water was comparatively smooth, and the landing had been postponed until the flood tide, which made the boat's progress easier and swifter. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia There remains only an hour or two of flood tide and much has to be done. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war But for the unfortunate issue of abolition raised by the foreign emissary alluded to—gradual emancipation would long before this have been on the flood tide of progress in several of the slave States. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution With a strong flood tide and a favorable southwest wind, the stately men-of-war sweep gracefully to their positions. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools It was an enchanted palace, and we left it with reluctance, remaining only six hours and going out at the turn of the flood tide to escape the dangerous rapids. Alaska Days with John Muir Joy welled up in flood tides from unknown depths within. Carmen Ariza You are on the flood tide—it ebbs for me. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman A lucrative practice banished want, sunshine friends returned and flashed around him, he leaped upon the flood tide of prosperity. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution A word was coined to express this flood tide of popular homage, and, for many years afterwards, whenever special honors were paid to anybody, he was said to be "Lafayetted." Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools We took the beginning of the flood tide, and so escaped that danger; but our speed must have been, at the narrows, twenty miles an hour. Alaska Days with John Muir After inspecting the convent at Rábida, I bade my skipper wait for flood tide to sail round to Palos, while I proceeded by land. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose He thought he could remember about where the buoys had been placed, and besides he had the flood tide to help him. Marcy The Blockade Runner During the forenoon the flood tide set strong to the north north-east against us. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island He still heard that lonely, anguished voice; the black sampan still rested on his eyes, heaving on the flood tide upon which the great ship strained, as if eager to be gone. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The first of the flood tide was setting in, when we ran below where we thought the line was stretched and dropped over a fishing-boat anchor. Tales of the Fish Patrol The schooner was to run out with the last of the ebb tide in the morning, so as to catch the flood tide, which would help her up to Crooked Inlet. True To His Colors Bright and early the next morning the privateer cast off her fasts and stood down the river, reaching the sound in time to catch the flood tide that hurried her up toward Crooked Inlet. Marcy The Blockade Runner The flood tide made against us between ten and eleven. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island "It's a flood tide to-day and with the big ground swell she hasn't a chance." El Diablo The flood tide, which had turned for more than an hour, was now racing down wilful for the sea, though the breeze ruffling its surface seemed to thwart and stay its eager course. Apologia Diffidentis When the flood tide makes, the women, in boats, go through the city selling necessaries. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo And listening at the flood tides, thou might'st hear The love I bear thee surging through the rhyme Of breaking billows, many a moon full time. Three Women I visited it as a stranger, while waiting in a ship for the flood tide; and its proprietor gave me a most hospitable reception. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. Anchors were immediately laid out, but to no effect: the water rapidly shallowed, and we gave up all thoughts of getting off until the next flood tide. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Rowing along under the cliffs, even inside some of the rocks, through passages that only Uncle Jake is sure of, we caught the young flood tide. A Poor Man's House To-day the sky is unclouded, the sea calm; the flood tide floats the fishers gently to the shore. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 Does the sea moan for flood tide, when bid to be low, As a soul cries for pleasure when given life's woe? Three Women But Lincoln encountered a disadvantage in riding a flood tide, which was flowing too fast for a man so conservative and so honest as he was. America First Patriotic Readings Whilst lying at this place, riding to a strong flood tide, a canoe floated past us, in which we could discern two dead bodies; they were both dressed as Malays, and the garments were good. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Keeping close along shore in order to avoid the strength of the flood tide against us, we rode with a perfection of motion on the heave of the breaking swell. A Poor Man's House Through all my mishaps I had reached the flood tide of prosperity. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk They were surrounded at flood tide by water, at ebb by the dry beach, bare of all vegetation. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II "No, they'll bring up somewhere on a mud flat or marsh in the bay on this low water, but God help them if they can't fight their way back before flood tide." The Root of Evil It is occasioned by the flood tide pouring in and overcoming the feeders to the river, forcing them back to their source. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Just then we saw a large piece washing along on the flood tide over the outside of Broken Rocks. A Poor Man's House The rain beat steadily down, loading the raw wind that blew out of the morning twilight, and the brown water broke sullenly to the send of a setting flood tide. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 The water probably varies considerably as to its salinity with the season of the year and with ebb and flood tides, but is never, even at the surface, completely fresh. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II He saw at once that it was impossible to make the yacht until flood tide. The Root of Evil And after this little bit of business, the pleasure of the day set in with a flood tide. The Gold of Chickaree After forming in this passage several islands, this water is as broad before the city as the Y before Amsterdam, but the ebb and flood tides are stronger. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 With the help of the flood tide she was beaten through the Gat into Yarmouth roads, where the anchor was dropped, a good scope of chain run out, sails furled and ship pumped dry. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century I have been particular in relating the proceedings of this parliament, because it marks the point where the flood tide of reaction ceased to ascend, and the ebb recommenced. The Reign of Mary Tudor Stuart found the little boat afloat on the flood tide, jumped in without delay and began his desperate battle against wind and tide. The Root of Evil The tides flowed very strongly alongshore, east on the flood tide and west on the ebb. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell We observed how the land lay by the compass, and so sailed accordingly, expecting a good flood tide which would begin to make at six o'clock. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 He is a Leaguer out and out—one who would rise to fortune on the flood tide of the mob? In Kings' Byways At spring or flood tides the bar may be safely crossed by sailing vessels, but, being far from land, it is always dangerous for boats. Black Ivory For the first and most miraculous time, the flood tide of love had lifted them and their feet were no longer on the earth. The Tyranny of Weakness The night closed in; the men were kept on deck until eleven o’clock, when the flood tide made, and then they were sent down again, as nothing could be done until the ebb. Poor Jack But we hoped with the flood tide she would come off again. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 The flood tide now made, and we rode to the stream. Jacob Faithful On the 10th the fleet entered the river and anchored within the bar and, on the following morning, proceeded with the flood tide up to Rangoon, the Liffey and the Larne leading the way. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War There are bad floods on the Ohio," was the reply, "and there is always danger when a flood tide comes down the Mississippi. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries The Question of Irish Home Rule.—During the five years covered by the life of the second Disraeli ministry British imperialism reached flood tide. The Governments of Europe The wind being ahead, we tacked and towed, until we anchored at Hellgate, almost at flood tide, at four o'clock, in the afternoon. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 It was the flood tide running up from the sea which impeded their progress, but the ebb and flow of the sea was new to them. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Viewed from a different perspective, even the complaints and demands of black citizens, at flood tide during the war, now merely trickled into the secretary's office, reflecting, it could be argued, a growing indifference. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 A crimson wave flew to her face—a flood tide of humiliation. The Secret of the Storm Country The oarsmen said they saw no bodies floating on the flood tide, but declared that many persons must have perished in the waters' sudden rush through the streets. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado It was flood tide early this morning, and our servant slept a little too long, for it was not far from high water when he appeared. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 The flood tide has not yet begun, and it will take some hours. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories It was fortunate for Boyton's digestion that he was obliged to stay at that place for five hours, owing to the flood tide. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World The river was already creeping above the gnarled sycamore roots that jutted out of the precipice, marking the highest stage of previous flood tides. A Pagan of the Hills South of that point the flood tide runs north, and north of it the flood tide runs south. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The flood tide having made, we arrived home by evening. 31st, Friday. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 The river now reaches at flood tide to within 10 feet of the floor. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 It was flood tide, and the water that surged over the bar stained its reach of pearl to jade green and feathered its edges with snowy foam. Flood Tide And here, in the actual Jerusalem, my life had been very sweet; peaceful with a whole flood tide of peacefulness. Daisy in the Field From then on until flood tide, several hours later, both men and officers were busy in stowing away and making things generally snug. Ralph Granger's Fortunes We had some of the flood tide left; but before we reached Schutters Island the wind changed, and it was quite calm. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 For a brief time another ship could have passed up that natural lock, as La Tour's ship had passed on the cream-smooth current at flood tide the day before. The Lady of Fort St. John The flood tide setting in about the time the attack commenced, they moved with it up the river. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Wednesday, 13th of March To-day, at 8 o’clock, with the flood tide, and the wind N.N.W., the Admiral got under way and made sail for Seville. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 She drew the full advantage of the wind now and over the bar she came, ramping full through the Gate with her yards squared, on the last of the flood tide. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates We continued on, and as the tide just commenced rising there we had a constant flood tide with us to Burlington, where we arrived about two o'clock. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 The Missouri was at flood tide, turbid with crumbling clay banks and great trees torn out by the roots, from which keel boat and pirogues sheered safely off. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark After nightfall a strong flood tide would be setting up along shore to the Spanish anchorage. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Also the hour was the precise hour when consciousness of her presence had gone over Wayland in flood tides of fierce tenderness. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The rich, emotional voice ceased suddenly like the flood tide of Northern seas. Roads from Rome We rowed and sailed as well as we could, until the flood tide stopped us, when we went ashore to eat our dinner, and make a good fire to warm ourselves. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 The Augusta and several smaller vessels had made their way through the passage in the chevaux de frise which Hammond had opened, and were now anchored above it, waiting for flood tide. Elsie's Vacation and After Events The nidus of the present settlement is the tiny hamlet of Old Borth, perched on a spur of the promontory, and well out of reach of flood tides. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth By 1907 she was in the very maelstrom of the maddest real estate boom and immigration flood tide that a sane country could weather. The Canadian Commonwealth The flood tide had spent itself and the river seemed unusually still as twilight deepened and the many lights of the works wriggled in long reflection in the water. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden We set off accordingly in the boat, but the strong flood tide carried us beyond the bay, to a place called the Burnt Mill, where we could let the tide run out. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Only the island continued merrily upon the flood tide. Pee-Wee Harris Adrift She had eluded the cruisers and arrived off the harbour entrance at night just as the flood tide was making. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 In a moment she became more coherent, and the words rolled from her lips as a mighty flood tide pours back through the arches of London Bridge. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth As he gazed at the Sea Gull, asleep on the flood tide, cutting a gallant figure in the glowing sunset, he felt an overmastering longing to be aboard. The Stolen Singer The flood tide pulls to the shoals, and the ebb tide on the contrary sets eastwardly to the sea. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 They were placed in cars, specially fitted for the purpose; and towed to Bucksport on the flood tide. New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century Cockburn himself nailed the permits on to the heads of the casks, which in due course were taken by the keel, when the flood tide made again, to Gainsborough some distance up the Trent. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 Surely somewhere in the world there must be the sort of love-making that wrenches a woman out of her perfect self-composure and bears her away on its flood tide of power and passion. Destiny Summer was at flood tide, and the air was pungent and the leaves shining. Montlivet The whole fleet was under sail, with the flood tide, and we along with them. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 From the collecting headquarters to Orland village, a distance of about 5 miles, the route is in brackish water, and the tow is favored by the flood tide. New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century The little schooner Polly, of twenty tons burden, had come on the flood tide up through the Reversible Falls. The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists She had got into her present predicament in escaping, and they were waiting for the morning flood tide to float her off. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War There was not much water in the cabin; but, as darkness set in, and the flood tide made, the seas began to come aboard. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The flood tide is strong in with us. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut Now, somehow, I feel that I have lived indeed—so fully that a wonderful flood tide of peace and happiness flows strongly in my veins. Diane of the Green Van Westerly winds prevail from the early part of spring, and during a part of the summer; that wind generally springs up with the flood tide, and tempers the heat of the day. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific When, however, he returned to his own room, there the flood tides of his wrath broke loose. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College But who can see this in the sharp flood tide of despair? Verner's Pride Much we hear of the Will to Power, and because that great impulse has lifted our enemies on the full flood tide of their might and manhood in one overwhelming torrent, Germany has been condemned. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Probably they were right, and Margaret Elizabeth, at the flood tide of her social career, courted, f�ted, the kingdoms of this world at her feet, was in danger. The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man By eight o'clock next morning, the flood tide had carried up most of the ice, and left a passage clear below the ship, while all above it was blocked tip. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 A handsome barque lay at the quay of a South Wales port, ready to sail, and waiting only for the flood tide. Looking Seaward Again Before me then should have been the Thames, at the top of the flood tide. London River The greatest strength of the flood tide sets W. the ebb in nearly an opposite direction. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Upon this, I ordered the Valdivia to drift with the flood tide in the direction of the gun-boats, now filled with Spanish officers and seamen. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 A bit inside the protection of the submarine nets, but just outside the channel, she lay to, breasting the flood tide. The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy While we lay at anchor, we observed that the flood tide came from the S.E., running two knots, at least, in an hour. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time It was as if the flood tide of invasion had already passed the full and the ebb was setting in. The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 The Ariadne had a strong flood tide under her, and her 200-h.p. twin motors were stopped. The Lion's Share Now no more was said till we came to the riverside, where the flood tide was roaring through the broken timbers of the bridge. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet So the hours of flood tide passed, and then the ship began to swing idly as the slack came. Wulfric the Weapon Thane He looked like an ibis standing in the Nile at flood tide, among a tongue-lapping herd of hippopotami. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II We float up with the flood tide, and when the tide fails cast anchor, and wait with the best grace we can till it is time to weigh anchor again. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America A peculiar opportunity comes with the flood tide of new parental love. The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training After a while her breast began to rise and fall with the exercise, her cheeks flushed, and I saw she had met the flood tide. The Rim of the Desert We had wood and water enough, and could only row along with the flood tide, as when it ebbed we had to make fast our boat to one of the desert islands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 We returned on board at eleven, and then steered eastward along the south side of Cape Newbald; the flood tide, which set in that direction, having induced the hope of finding a river there. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 At the time of its publication, English poetry was experiencing one of its periods of ebb between two flood tides of great achievement. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) After running twenty miles, assisted by a flood tide, we came up with the group at four o'clock, and steered through the channel by which the principal islands are separated. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 As in many other lines of business, there were ebb and flood tides in cattle. Reed Anthony, Cowman The next morning was bright and clear, with an east wind, which insured a flood tide in the river. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days We had a strong flood tide; and after grounding on a bank, anchored eleven miles above the ship, in 3 fathoms, that being the greatest depth to be found. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 The flood tides of his eloquence move resistlessly on, as he interprets the new faith and speaks of Him who is to give them eternal life. An Easter Disciple The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight At length, on Oct. 31., the gale moderated to a light breeze, and we stretched over, with the flood tide, towards the Swan Isles. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 On the following morning they got under weigh with a flood tide, and a moderate breeze from the northward. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 When they reached the spot, the body was not there, and Potts said he was very much afraid it had been washed away by the flood tide. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot Having little wind, and a flood tide making against us, the boat was called back to tow, and the brig directed to take its station by means of her sweeps. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, if taken at the flood tide, leads on to fortune, or, if not seized, are forever lost." The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days There was no wind from noon to two o'clock; and it appeared by the lead that the ship was drifted to the west-north-west, probably by a flood tide. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Continuing their course for the gap, some back points within the entrance soon became distinguishable, and the rapidity of the flood tide was observed to increase with the increasing contiguity of the shores. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 In Surigao Strait the flood tide sets to the west, and the ebb to the east. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient The flood tide came from the north and the ebb from the south, past the anchorage; but on the outside, they run south-west and north-east. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 It was situated at a point in the city from which the ebb tide of Fashion was slowly receding, and which the flood tide of Trade had not yet touched. Round the Block The flood tide here, set two miles per hour, towards the land; and the rise, by the lead line, was nine feet. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Its shores were broken into points and projections, between some of which the great strength of the flood tide led them to expect it would branch off into arms. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 The flood tide came from the north-east at this anchorage, which can only be used in easterly winds. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The flood tide here set S. S. W., till midnight; and the ebb N. by E., till we got under way in the morning. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Having the flood tide against us, we had only made five miles in a North by East direction from last night's bivouac. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. On the return of the boat, the vessels weighed; and the wind being at W. S. W., they worked through. between Dungeness and Warriors Islands, with the flood tide. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The flood tide having ceased to run, they anchored at noon, and by the sun's meridional altitude, in 27 degrees 27 minutes 16 seconds south latitude. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Of course, sometime in the darkness, Gadabout rose on the flood tide, and perhaps was even ready to cross to the other side of the creek and proceed to church. Virginia: the Old Dominion The flood tide at this anchorage came from the north-east, one mile per hour. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 The human being, like the sea, has his ebb and flood tides. Without Dogma Next afternoon, they steered westward, with the flood tide; and again anchored in 3 fathoms, sand and gravel. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 We have been, in spite of momentary declensions, on a flood tide of high profits and a roaring trade, and there is nothing like a roaring trade for engendering latitudinarians. On Compromise And the next morning the cutter was, with the assistance of the flood tide, making quick progress to the southward. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 A flood tide was found running from the N. N. E., one mile and a quarter per hour. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 "It will be flood tide now in ten minutes," remarked Captain Weston quietly, looking at his watch. Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure A rainy gale from the eastward did not allow of moving until Nov. 9th; we then got under way with the flood tide, and beat up the first, or Long Reach, against a south-east wind. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The first of the flood tide was setting in, when we ran below where we thought the line was stretched and dropped over a fishing-boat anchor. Tales of the Fish Patrol It was flood tide when Daniel Quilp sat himself down in the ferry to cross to the opposite shore. The Old Curiosity Shop We had the assistance of a strong flood tide till eleven o'clock; at which time the anchor was let go, one mile from the north end of the 4th Flat Island. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Then the king ordered these all to be taken out to a skerry which was under water in flood tide, and there to be left bound. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway We therefore came to an anchor again; and as some time would be required to fix new rates, the ship was moored so soon as the flood tide made. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 It was a flood tide complicated with a thousand ebb movements; the peculiarity of ebbs is to create intermixtures; hence the combination of very singular ideas; people adored both Napoleon and liberty. Les Misérables On the day following they caught the flood tide up Chignecto Bay, and sailed into the mouth of the Au Lac stream, almost under the willows of Lecorbeau's cottage. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage They were in the flood tide which bursts through the dam at six o'clock like a human torrent flooding the streets, then spreading, thinning, and finally seeping into homes, hall bedrooms, and Harlem flats. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It A flood tide of glory swept over his whole being. Lo, Michael! Now, though the sun was low, he was working harder than ever, with the flood tide, which would shortly compel him to desist, creeping up to his feet. Vane of the Timberlands A fleet of fishing boats was putting out with the flood tide, and some merchant vessels lay at anchor under shelter of the green headland. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Into the flood tide of our Saturday shopping throng swept the car and its remarkably assembled occupants. Ruggles of Red Gap At this time in the morning, it being flood tide, a strong current sets up the East river from Governor's Island, which is just now further strengthened by the freshet on the Hudson. The Secrets of the Great City It admitted the flood tide more easily than it released the ebb. The Naturalist on the Thames It was nearly low water, the flood tide having just commenced, and I hauled the boat on the flats, calculating to be absent but a few minutes. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale At the islands in Behring's Straits, his vessel had sailed in opposite directions with ebb and flood tide, and he thought the only currents there were tidal in their nature. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 On first entering a stream the salmon swim about as if playing: they always head toward the current, and this "playing" may be simply due to facing the flood tide. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 The flood tide setting in about the time the attack commenced they moved with it up the river. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Even now at flood tide it is a splendid and imposing river. The Naturalist on the Thames This accident, of course, prevented us from proceeding immediately to sea; and the wind having changed, the anchor was weighed at the flood tide, and the brig removed to a safer anchorage. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale We need only admit the flood tide to come from the East or South-East, and then all these seeming Contradictions will be found to be conformable to reason and experience. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World Still another result of his lonely magnificence, in which he was deprived of boys' society, was that his affection went out on a flood tide of romance to the first attractive girl he met. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived At 4 weighed and made sail with the flood tide. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant The river, too, was presently brimming with the flood tide. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton At flood tide he estimated that the socialists in the United States numbered more than 200,000. My Friends at Brook Farm There was much coming and going, for it was the height of the season, with the prices at flood tide. Seven English Cities He had been rowed across Charles River just at the beginning of flood tide, and had landed on the Charlestown shore a few minutes before the order to let none pass had reached the sentry. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 This stream was formerly navigable; but it has now become so sanded up that it is passable only at flood tides, and then only by very small vessels. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes Event followed event in rapid succession, straws indicating the main current of the flood tide of labor-hatred. The Centralia Conspiracy Even while we rowed across to Jimmy's shanty I could hear him shouting between the whistlings and saying he'd have the bridgeman up for deserting on flood tide and putting him in the mud. Roy Blakeley The Witham had turned into a long, deep gash, cut down into the clay twenty feet from the level of the flood tides. Seven English Cities From the end of the pipe a thick, brown flood poured into the water and stained the green lagoon as the flood tide carried it along. Lister's Great Adventure Before them lay Corbiére lighthouse, built on a bold rock, at flood tide an island, but at this hour approachable from the mainland by a causeway. The Spanish Chest In this region when does the flood tide come? Elson Grammar School Literature v4 One thing, Jimmy had a right to be there, especially at flood tide, I knew that. Roy Blakeley The human maelstrom settles into an ebb and flood tide to and from the mines. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance At length, in the scorching heat one afternoon when the flood tide began to run, they hauled the hulk and tug abaft the wreck's engine-room and made the great ropes fast. Lister's Great Adventure It was a flood tide of good fortune! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story It was the passion of her life, the time when her whole nature went to flood tide and swept away all barriers. The Gilded Age, Part 2. It was easier after the flood tide set in, and I kept at her all night long, and gradually kicked her into the breakers, where I wanted her. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley The Red Cloud, Karen, weighs anchor for Carolina at flood tide to-night. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume In the dock the water was smooth and shone with dull reflections, but the gates were open and the muddy swell the flood tide brought up the river splashed about the entrance. Lister's Great Adventure The flood tide seldom exceeds one mile and three quarters per hour. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales It was near the junction of the two streams, where Simon lived himself in a slightly fortified farmhouse, just high up enough to be fairly safe from flood tides. The Herd Boy and His Hermit Afternoon is slack-water in the duties of the house, at least for the womenfolk—except in hay and harvest, when it is full flood tide all the time, night and day. The Lilac Sunbonnet Now we want to leave here so as to drop down with the tide, an then drop up with the flood tide into Minas Bay. Lost in the Fog When the flood tide rippled about the wreck it was obvious the pump was getting the water down. Lister's Great Adventure At flood tide sail was made on her as soon as she floated, and we succeeded in getting her back into the channel. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons The flood tide took us swiftly in, and we came-to opposite our hide-house, and prepared to get everything in trim for a long stay. Two Years Before the Mast Didn't you hear what the fisherman said, too, that it was a flood tide? Jeanne of the Marshes Such markings may be covered over with a thin layer of sediment at the next flood tide and sealed away as a lasting record of the manner and place in which the strata were laid. The Elements of Geology If she rises with the flood tide, well heave the cables aft, until we can get a hold that will lift her bow from the ground. Lister's Great Adventure Through this circumstance, the expedition came near a disastrous end the next night, when the steamer proceeded up the river on the flood tide. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons In the flood tide of my passion she married a scorbutic archdeacon of the name of Jugg. Simon the Jester At Port Stephens, in New South Wales, the natives always buried their dead at flood tide, never at ebb, lest the retiring water should bear the soul of the departed to some distant country. The Golden Bough As yet the swift currents and flood tides of the great river had not been mastered. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway On the flood tide of a popular war against Spain, they proposed to float their own expedition. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Farragut crossed the bar in the Hartford at ten past six in the morning with the young flood tide and a westerly breeze to blow the smoke against Fort Morgan. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray There was a swift flood tide, too; and the men, both watches, were taking in sail as fast as they could. The Mutiny of the Elsinore At first I walked very swiftly, as if the heavy flood tide of social life were roaring at my heels, and would outstrip and overwhelm me, without all the better diligence in my escape. The Blithedale Romance The flood tide took us swiftly in, and we came-to, opposite our hide-house, and prepared to get everything in trim for a long stay. Two Years Before the Mast They went up-stream on the flood tide for some twenty miles, until the forest thinned away and they came on vineyards. The Pit Prop Syndicate We were up before sunrise the next morning, in order to take advantage of the flood tide, which waits for no man. The Story of a Bad Boy The flood tide of his prosperity lasted thirteen years from that time, and ceased only with his death. Under the Red Robe The flood tide running strong over the banks made a placid trickling sound about the yacht's rudder. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows There was a freshet on the river, the flood tide from the bay had been beaten back into a strong ebb, and the lusty west wind died down with the sun. A Collection of Stories One flood tide she found the water covered with muskmelons. The Valley of the Moon There was a fall of water at the Bridge which made the river dangerous there even on a flood tide. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger Here we lay in hiding all day, and on the following night, swept on by a flood tide and a fresh wind, we crossed San Pablo Bay in two hours and ran up Petaluma Creek. The Iron Heel It was a boisterous day, half a gale of wind against the flood tide. Notes on Life and Letters |
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