| 单词 | galley slave |
| 例句 | Among all the world’s large creatures, the only survivors of the human flood will be humans themselves, and the farmyard animals that serve as galley slaves in Noah’s Ark. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For an outlaw who spent his time pillaging merchant ships and taking the survivors as galley slaves, he was impossibly clean. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z After three hours of rowing like galley slaves, distance had shrunk the island to the size of an open hand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z One pair of foster parents treated Norma Jeane like a scullery maid or galley slave: “she had to scrub the floors before she was five years old, and do the family dishes.” Marilyn Monroe 50 Years Later: In TIME and Out of Time 2012-08-03T12:00:58Z But he was captured and made a galley slave in the Ottoman navy. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z To applaud them is like applauding galley slaves for their hard labor. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson’s ‘4,’ at the Whitney, Continues a Series 2014-01-26T22:09:19Z “If you have it loud, too much of the time you have the poor string section treated like galley slaves,” he said. Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Commentators are also saying that these workers experience higher than average rates of workplace injuries and are treated like "galley slaves." Pilates, fruit and Amazon’s zen booths: why workplace wellbeing efforts can fall flat 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z The evil is industrialized labor itself—an entire existence spent like a galley slave pulling an oar. What Can We Learn from Utopians of the Past? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Somaine became a galley slave due to a 1713 order by King Louis XIV to leave the country because of his religion. Log by log, historic home’s destination will be Mingo Park 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Nabokov says that his characters are just his galley slaves – but he’s Nabokov, and he’s allowed to say things like that. So you want to be a writer? Essential tips for aspiring novelists 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z There are also harrowing scenes of galley slaves drowning when their ship sinks, an extended chariot-race sequence in which bodies are thrown into the air and trampled by horses, and a crucifixion. What to watch with your kids this week: ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z In 2008 he said he worked like a "galley slave" to run Russia. Putin Reappears After 10-Day Absence, Laughs Off 'Gossip' 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The Duke of Savoy built it as a prison for galley slaves, and there were still iron bars among the scientific equipment. A Marine Magician’s Vanishing Act 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The galley slaves were freed if they chose to “retire to foreign lands.” Log by log, historic home’s destination will be Mingo Park 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z “All these eight years I toiled like a galley slave, from morning until evening.” Perks of Russia’s Presidency May Dwarf Putin’s Wealth 2012-08-28T00:51:59Z The "great numbers" were mainly galley slaves and servants from captured Spanish vessels, and a plan was mooted to transport them out of the country. Britain's first black community 2012-07-20T00:09:13Z The fifth was the blackamoor who had been a galley slave. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z No galley slaves worked harder than these college boys for their temporary master. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z He's been at it for nearly a year now, grinding like a galley slave. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z I soon learned that I was to be stuffed inside the turkey float and asked to continuously move the left wing up and down, like a galley slave. Metropolitan Diary: Flapping Floating Turkey?s Wing, and Other NYTimes.com Reader Tales 2011-11-21T03:04:06Z No galley slave chained to his seat could have been more utterly helpless, and he exerted himself to the utmost in order to please those who professed to be so willing to punish or kill. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z On the Algerine all her crew were accounted for, not one surviving; while, in spite of our care, the losses amongst the galley slaves were fearful. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Destiny pushes us on again like the galley slaves who wish to stop on the way, and are relentlessly forced onward by their keepers. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z During the height of the wood-cutting season, these men toiled and wrought from daybreak to dusk, more like galley slaves than free-born Englishmen; often continuing their laborious employment half through moonlight nights. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z The king, it has been mentioned, had consented to send back the Indians who had been so treacherously captured and sent to France as galley slaves. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z So that day passed very slowly as they awaited the coming of the scout master and his "ebony galley slave" who was to row the boat up-stream. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol 2011-07-26T02:00:18.713Z Not a night went over without some terrible assassination; and a number of escaped galley slaves were known to be at large in the suburbs and outskirts of the capital. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z I see your future: the country ravaged, villages depopulated, cities pillaged, chained galley slaves marching towards Siberia, bloody executions, an insatiable vengeance, and everywhere ruins and ashes. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z And the "galley slaves," those poor devils who for years have lived under the whip of copy day every day. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z He was then clothed in the garb of a galley slave, and, according to some authorities, publicly flogged, all the while calmly and positively reiterating his assertion that he was Sebastian, King of Portugal. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z As ships grew into big galleys they caused a demand for war captives as galley slaves. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It had not then, like a galley slave, been bound with chains, or, even as a trussed chicken, girt about with many cords. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z They had been read and commented upon first by the butler and then downwards through all the gradations of servants to the girl who played galley slave to the cook. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z It would be better to work as a galley slave!' The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z As for Vranic, he was but too glad to quit a ship where he was hated by everybody, even by the captain, who had treated him more like a galley slave than a fellow-creature. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z “You must have worked like a galley slave getting everything ready for the race.” Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z It is said," he continued, "that if galley slaves who have worn chains for many years are liberated, they cannot endure their freedom. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z “Why, I work like a galley slave helping Dad build up the circulation of this newspaper!” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Why, with his bold, noble, Spanish face and dark eyes, he might have wed some heiress, married whom he liked—and what does he do? turns himself into a galley slave.” A Double Knot Fifty oars, that is, twenty-five on a side, was a common arrangement, and there were from three to six galley slaves at each oar, according to the size of the vessel. The Story of Malta It was as if henceforth she were to know the sea which she had adventurously sailed in liberty only from the chained oar bench of the galley slave. The Tempering The galley slaves were in general Protestants who would not embrace the Roman Catholic faith, while the superior officers and the overseers were ardent papists. In the Day of Adversity On that day the galley slaves were treated like heroes. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Most of us were dressed up in costumes of one kind or other; and I, ma foi!—ridiculous enough, I suppose,—I was costumed like a galley slave. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I And Edna worked like the galley slave into which operatic routine transforms the most buoyant spirit. Melomaniacs I was a galley slave on board yonder vessel.” In the Days of Drake Even four hundred and twenty galley slaves, Christian and Turk, could not propel her as fast as the lightest breeze could move the great frigate. In the Day of Adversity Menard wondered, as he snapped bits of stone off the parapet, and watched the last boatload of galley slaves embarking at the wharf, whether the Governor’s plans would carry. The Road to Frontenac Dear old chap, you won't bother about me any more, for I mean to stick to my work like a galley slave. Lover or Friend All at once, and without warning, the pup leaped to the attack once more, and the way he worked would have done credit to a galley slave. The Love Story of Abner Stone He was the most obliging young man, and being always available, he was used to the utmost, and was driven like a galley slave from dawn to dark. The End of the Rainbow A galley slave!—a man doomed for life, while there, to that brutal work; a man who, since he has escaped, is doomed to death. In the Day of Adversity Another libeller says that I conquered Italy with a few thousand galley slaves. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders He had escaped; he had been caught; he had been dragged back like a runaway galley slave to the oar. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) With them it was the esprit de corps of the galley slave, glad to see a comrade escape from their common misery, though he cannot escape himself. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Huddled together in damp and filthy prisons, crawling with vermin, covered with sores and ulcers, brawling, blaspheming and fighting, the galley slaves made a picture suggestive only of Hell. Life of St. Vincent de Paul Remember, sir, I am still, in the eyes of the law of France, a galley slave. In the Day of Adversity The Cacique had now become a very hard master to all but the captain, and forced them to row like galley slaves when they were in the boats. The Red True Story Book All the captives were not, however, turned into galley slaves. The True Story Book Faith, master, in setting Christian villages on fire, Chaining of eunuchs, binding galley slaves. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant The fact that he had once been a slave himself gave him an insight into the sufferings of the galley slaves and a wonderful influence over them. Life of St. Vincent de Paul That husband's greed—his withholding from the others the fact that the escaped galley slave had a good horse—led to that galley slave's escape. In the Day of Adversity Thus the galley slaves of old laboured at their oars and the builders of the pyramids beneath their loads, all moving like one man. The Pools of Silence Six months back home, toiling like a galley slave, furnished requisite funds for another fling at New York. If You Don't Write Fiction He heard by night the groans of the prisoners in the Tower of Constance, and the noise of the chains borne by the galley slaves at Toulon and Marseilles. The Huguenots in France And when they seek to escape, a barbarian law comes in to give the brutal husband the ownership of their offspring; and thus they are bound fast as galley slaves in their unhappy position. Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 Really, if any poor galley slave works harder than I do, I commend him to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Adults. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives Daddy's worked like a galley slave getting this field in; he's done the work of two men. The Desert Fiddler I toiled like a galley slave to gain a mere living for myself and daughter, but I was stricken by an epidemic. The Comedienne His paramour had him spellbound and made him no more than a galley slave rowing the master's carnal euphoria. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais In the Persian navies the rowers were mostly slaves, like the galley slaves of later times. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Could a navy of heroes be made of galley slaves! America First Patriotic Readings The sacrament was then administered to all, the galley slaves freed from their chains, and the standard of the Holy League, the figure of the Crucified Savior, was raised to the truck of the flagship. A History of Sea Power I never open a book, but shun them as if they were poison, rise at half-past five o'clock, go to bed at ten, and toil like a galley slave all day, willy, nilly. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch I have worked like a galley slave at it, but I haven't kept the books, and I don't know how things have gone so badly. Miss Mackenzie Here’s Ellery, now, who works like a galley slave and looks as fresh as the proverbial daisy.” Jewel Weed Colbert replied, "Make as many galley slaves as you can." America First Patriotic Readings In the spring Barbarossa got out into the Archipelago and, raiding at will, swept up another batch of prisoners to serve as galley slaves for the new ships. A History of Sea Power Not for the sake of the pittance that will procure for him his daily bread, but because he is forced to the toil like any galley slave. Flamsted quarries You'd have her around all the time in her home, slaving at the chores that would break the spirit of a galley slave. The Heart of Unaga Pretty fair, but I haven't been working like galley slaves as some of you have. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The Frenchmen sent the heretics to the galleys; and it was as a galley slave in one of their vessels that Knox next saw his native shores. History of the English People, Volume IV The Corsairs of Algiers only served their enemies as they served them: their galley slaves were no worse treated, to say the least, than were Doria’s or the King of France’s own. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Let us no longer go through life like galley slaves, chained and labouring at the oar. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles A masque of eight mariners, of cloth of gold and silver, and six pairs of chains for the galley slaves. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries The man who said this in a voice of thunder was none other than Anselmo, the galley slave, the ex-priest who had disgraced his cloth, but who was innocent in comparison to his comrade Benedetto. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I The old man kept us at it like galley slaves till I began to think we should never get the cargo out. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta The galley slaves appeared to be very anxious to surround the house that no one should escape, and Don Silvio was arranging the men. Mr. Midshipman Easy I am a galley slave, a convict, just from prison. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year The offer suited me well; and if ever a free man worked like a galley slave, I did for that week. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess The closely shaved head pointed to a former galley slave, but as he conducted himself well on board and kept out of every one's way, the captain no longer thought about it. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I She had come into his life suddenly as a large part of it, that deadening financial part that tied him hand and foot and made him feel like a galley slave. The Secret of the Storm Country Once one discovers this he must perforce choose whether he will remain a galley slave for life or hoist the Jolly Roger and turn freebooter, with a chance of dangling betimes from his own yard-arm. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble There isn't a bit of it I don't love,—love too well to be content much longer to play the galley slave in it. The Seventh Noon Jean Valjean, the galley slave of almost a score of years, escapes and lives an honest life. The Mind and Its Education "Yes, if you wish to call him thus; in reality, though, he is the escaped galley slave and murderer, Benedetto." The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I "I'm the only one in the party that can operate it, and I'll be tied down like a galley slave!" Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box The English lost no time in clambering up the sides of the monster, and at once commenced plundering the vessel and releasing the galley slaves. London and the Kingdom - Volume I This man is a criminal and a galley slave, with yellow passport—his name, Jean Valjean. A Hero and Some Other Folks I looked around at the prisoners; and such a sight—they were toiling like galley slaves, their faces were streaked with soot and sweat till you couldn't tell whether they were black or white. Into the Jaws of Death His own preaching continued the work of the martyr until June, 1547, when St. Andrews was captured by the French fleet and Knox was made a galley slave for nineteen months. The Age of the Reformation Is it to toil like a galley slave and never have any amusements? Chopin and Other Musical Essays Twenty galley slaves were imprisoned in the castle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Jean Valjean is poor—miserably poor; sees his sister's children hungry, and commits crime, is a thief; becomes a galley slave as punitive result. A Hero and Some Other Folks Many English were known to be in the hands of the Holy Office working in irons as galley slaves. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 For the slightest infraction of the rules they were flogged like galley slaves. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine I will fight you or any galley slave of a French frog with the sword, or spit you upon the rapier. The Black Douglas The real Robinson Crusoe never had anything half so difficult as this to contend with, and yet here was I at the outset working harder than a galley slave! Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Many of the galley slaves have little shops near the spot where the galleys are moored, and appear happy and decently dressed; some of them are rich, and make annual remittances to their friends. A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 The galley slaves disobeyed orders, or else Don Hugo was as incompetent as his commander-in-chief. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Amidst the din of different cries was heard the clank of chains, from the galley slaves, who were employed in saving that city which served them for a prison. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy A poor galley slave, who had thrown down his chains, took up the gout in their stead, but made such wry faces that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader "I have done a picture, if that is what you mean, besides some portraits; I have worked down here like a galley slave for the last three months." A Comedy of Masks A Novel At Toulon they visited the "Bagnes," or prison for the galley slaves. Elizabeth Fry After dinner I came up to my room, and set to work like a little galley slave, and by tea-time I had finished my play. Records of a Girlhood But to become a galley slave seemed to him a different thing, and the prospect of pulling an oar in the Pirate's gallivat served to intensify his longing to escape. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Their life, as a contemporary witness testifies, was worse than that of galley slaves, for the slightest indiscretion brought ruin upon them. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) He, through his influence with the proconsul, had me bound to the oar as a galley slave for life. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. We worked like galley slaves all night long, with absolutely no respite. The Lookout Man The smugglers, the adventurers, the former galley slaves, the riff-raff of Europe, and the mixed bloods of the West Indies were abroad in pursuit of either business or pleasure, each equally favored by the dusk. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi Thus the rich continued to flourish on all the highlands, for they had extended this same policy until the toilers of the whole planet were practically galley slaves, each consigned to his own narrow canon. Life in a Thousand Worlds He was arrested, and sentenced to the galleys as a pirate, but soon gained great influence over the other galley slaves, whom he persuaded to murder their officers and escape. From John O'Groats to Land's End His mind was as caught as a galley slave, as unable to escape from tugging at this oar. Mr. Britling Sees It Through Knox’s life cannot have been so bad as that of the Huguenot galley slaves under Louis XIV. John Knox and the Reformation They seemed to come from another world than that which furnished so many desperate adventurers and former galley slaves to New Orleans. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi It is interesting to have a contemporary view of the correct treatment of the galley slave from those who had to do with him. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean The men of Teignmouth, who had no wish to be captured and employed as galley slaves, seeing that they were in a hopeless position, retreated inland. From John O'Groats to Land's End Oliphant as combining "the cheerless gloom of a hermit with the unceasing moil of a galley slave." Selections from Five English Poets And the galley slaves, Albeit their chains did clink, sang at the oar. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. All the desperadoes, adventurers, former galley slaves, and others of that type would have been ready to rally around him. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi While Dragut was employed as a galley slave there came on board the craft in which he rowed Monsieur Parisot, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Some were even, in the same unlawful manner, made to break stones or wheel barrows on the streets or highways like galley slaves. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831 But the majority certainly come like galley slaves scourged to their dungeon. The Precipice These prisoners were used as galley slaves, and the life of a galley slave was generally so short that there was no difficulty of disposing of all the captives that could be seized. Knights of Malta, 1523-1798 All day long Mary and Mrs. Gale had worked like galley slaves over the preparations for dinner, and between them they had achieved perfection. The Three Sisters Instead of the beautiful subjects from Grecian mythology, there are devils, witches, and vampires, and the lofty heroes of antiquity must give place to jugglers and galley slaves. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes We noticed the galley slaves at work; they had a peculiar dress to mark them. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. Fournier and Duret published the history of a galley slave at Brest in whose stomach were found 52 pieces of money, their combined weight being one pound, 10 1/4 ounces. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The Maltese Militia was organised and drilled and proved of great value in the siege, and even 500 galley slaves were released on promise of faithful service. Knights of Malta, 1523-1798 She is like a chain, chained to you for life ... and you are both just like galley slaves. Creatures That Once Were Men Of course, Demi tyrannized over Daisy, and gallantly defended her from every other aggressor, while Daisy made a galley slave of herself, and adored her brother as the one perfect being in the world. Little Women The men were sweating at their oars like galley slaves, and muttering curses at the apparent futility of their labour. Tracks of a Rolling Stone From her husband and her children, Flora exacted service that would have chafed a galley slave into rebellion. One Basket Of these over 600 were Knights with their attendants, about 1,200 were hired troops, about 1,000 were volunteers, chiefly from Italy, and the remainder Maltese Militia and galley slaves. Knights of Malta, 1523-1798 The perspiring musicians toiled like galley slaves; the guests singing as they danced. The Octopus : A story of California He knew of men at the Bar who had lived hard and worked like galley slaves, and who yet retained all the fire and freshness of youth. The Golden Calf Perhaps I rowed with galley slaves, Whose labour never ceased, To bring across Phoenician waves Your treasure from the East. India's Love Lyrics I was full of rage at being obliged to go—full of rage—and I could do nothing but sit there like a galley slave. Daniel Deronda Robert later declared, probably with some bitter exaggeration, that his life had combined 'the cheerless gloom of a hermit with the unceasing moil of a galley slave.' A History of English Literature But with all its dangers it is likely to last as long as that of a galley slave. Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion More serious was the following adventure, when Don Quixote released from the king's officers a gang of galley slaves, because they assured him that they travelled chained much against their will. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction He called his life on the Ayrshire farms "the unceasing toil of a galley slave." Halleck's New English Literature I continued,— "Very well, I do not want to know your name as a general, I shall know your number as a galley slave." The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness You're a regular convict, and, since you've had me on your hands, a galley slave is a gentleman of leisure in comparison! A Beautiful Possibility If they go with us to Spain they will be made galley slaves, and this I should not like, especially in the case of the bey's superintendent. By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) You remember 'The Greatest Story in the World; the reincarnated galley slave?' Average Jones Sancho had told the curate of an adventure they had had with galley slaves, and the curate spoke of it to see what Don Quixote would say. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 The garb of the galley slave awaits them; see it already on their shoulders. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness The nameless galley slaves unpaid naval oarsmen chained to oars in battle live or drown with the ship. Praetor's Lunch Most of the galley slaves were far too exhausted by their long row, and too indifferent to aught but their own sufferings, to pay any attention to the newcomers. By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) "Only galley slaves know each other," says Tasso, "and if we mistake others, it is only out of courtesy, and with the hope that they, in their turn, should mistake us." Thoughts out of Season Part I Their first feeling is one of pain and suffering; they find every necessary movement hampered; more miserable than a galley slave, in vain they struggle, they become angry, they cry. Emile Still, there was luck in your noticing that villain talking to the galley slaves, and then to one of the officers of the prison. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes But neither knowledge such as this, nor peril from Indians, nor the toil-pangs of a galley slave had power to change Neale's supreme state of joy. The U. P. Trail I shall be glad myself," Stephen agreed, "for the clothes they give the galley slaves are scarce decent for a Christian man to wear. By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) "We've worked you like a galley slave, and so I love your saying 'dear service,'" she replied gently. The Fortunate Youth ‘They are smaller and lighter, and with their galley slaves can defy the wind, and loup off like a flea in a blanket,’ returned Tam, grimly. A Modern Telemachus The pirates, who had already begun to quarrel over the armour and arms of the fallen knights, at once took to their heels, followed by the galley slaves from the boat. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes I have to sit down at my desk and toil like a galley slave. Simon the Jester They had won over the guard by small presents, and were permitted to go in and out with fruit and other little luxuries for the galley slaves. By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) But, when an opportunity arrived, he sent them home to end their lives as galley slaves. This Country of Ours With brutal insult, they chained him to the oar as a galley slave. Pioneers of France in the New World Gervaise asked three of the knights to accompany him, and the boat, rowed by galley slaves, was soon on its way. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes He had promised never to sacrifice his brother; the promise held him like the fetters of a galley slave. Under Two Flags He worked his men like galley slaves, and rowed them unmercifully. The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Louis XIV had found that these lusty savages made excellent galley slaves and had ordered Denonville to secure a supply in Canada. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars But, as I am not insane, I am miserable; no convict, no galley slave is so wretched as I am, gentlemen. Hard Cash No doubt some of the galley slaves understand enough of one or other of our languages to gather what is on foot. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes The common seamen were treated like galley slaves, but the officers were given some consideration through the intercession of the Danish consul. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty All hands toiled like galley slaves; and as the heavens darkened, there darkened also the mood of the pirates. To Have and to Hold I will not even be their galley slave. White Lies By these means, and by working like a galley slave, he dragged his expenditure down almost to a level with his income. A Simpleton The next morning a gang of galley slaves were marched down. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes Why do our Rockefellers and our Carnegies condemn themselves to the existence of galley slaves, ruining their digestions so that they never can enjoy a square meal. All Roads Lead to Calvary We work like galley slaves, aunt Celia and I, finding out about trains and things. A Cathedral Courtship She is like a chain, chained to you for life . . . and you are both just like galley slaves. Creatures That Once Were Men But the air no longer imprisons us, this round planet is no longer chained to us like the ball of a galley slave.... The World Set Free He then repeated the statement made by the galley slave. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes Having worked at Jarndyce and Jarndyce like a galley slave, I have slaked my thirst for the law and satisfied myself that I shouldn't like it. Bleak House As soon as he had left, three or four of the ex galley slaves carried Gervaise into the shade of the sail. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes The chains of the galley slaves were removed, and these were set to clear the decks of the Moslem corpses. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes With a shout of delight, the galley slaves bent to their oars, and the boat flew along at a greatly increased speed. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes There was a murmur of assent from the galley slaves around. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes If so, you are in luck, for the servitors have a vastly better time of it than the galley slaves, and the English auberge has the best reputation in that respect. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes The officer man who had brought Gervaise in went up to the overseer of the galley slaves and informed him that he had told off the new slave—pointing to Gervaise—to his gang. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes The order was given, the galley slaves ceased rowing, and the boat ran alongside. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes As soon as the galley slaves set to work, however, they seated themselves on the benches and double banked some of the oars, anxious to please the knights. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes This task—a painful one, as you may imagine—he carried out, and for two weeks he rowed as a galley slave. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes A fourth of their number were, however, always on guard, lest any attempt at a rising or escape should be made by the galley slaves. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes The galley slaves dipped their oars into the water, and she shot away just as the foremost of the pirates reached the edge of the water. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes |
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