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"Pennant" Quotes from Famous Books

... to, sir, turn to," added the mate; "here! aloft there, and free that pennant; it's ...

— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville

... in mid channel hung the scarce seen sail. So all was calm and sunshine as we went Cheerily o'er the briny element. Oh! were this little boat to us the world, As thus we wandered far from sounds of care, Circled by friends and gentle maidens fair, Whilst morning airs the waving pennant curled; How sweet were life's long voyage, till in peace We gained that haven still, where ...

— The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 • William Lisle Bowles

... no doubt but that they will breed, and may in time spread over the whole country, and fully answer my intention in leaving them. We spent the day shooting in and about the cove, and returned aboard about ten o'clock in the evening. One of the party shot a white hern, which agreed exactly with Mr Pennant's description, in his British Zoology, of the white herns that either now are, ...

— A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 • James Cook

... followed him aft to the taffrail, where we were clear of the French soldiers. The sun was hanging red over the Yorkshire Wolds, the Head of Flamborough was in the blue shadow, and the clouds were like rose leaves in the sky. The enemy had tacked and was standing west, with ensign and jack and pennant flying, the level light washing his sails to the whiteness of paper. 'Twas then I first remarked that the Alliance had left her place in line and was sailing swiftly ahead toward the Serapis. The commodore seemed ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... nervous and excited during this fine discussion, that they could hardly keep their seats. In imagination the fleet was already afloat, and the broad pennant of Commodore Sedley was flying on ...

— All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake - A Sequel to "The Boat Club" • Oliver Optic

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