"Bo'sun" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... their hands. The Bo'sun's whistle sounded. The curtain was falling so I wrung their hands once again and said good-bye; good-bye also to the Benjamin of my personal Staff, young Alec, who stays on with Birdie. A bitter moment and hard to ...
— Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 • Ian Hamilton
... action!" growled the Imp. "Double-shot the cannonades, and bo'sun, pipe all hands ...
— My Lady Caprice • Jeffrey Farnol
... tacked North-west, the sullen roar Of reefs crept out, or some strange tinkling sound Of sheep upon the hills. South-west once more The bo'sun's whistle swung their bowsprits round; South-west until the long low lapping splash Was all they heard, of keels that still ran out Seaward, then with one muffled heave and crash Once more the whistles brought their ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes
... only man on the ship who bore no marks of that fight, though I was a sight from the beating, and Lynch—or perhaps it was Newman—made me bo'sun of the deck in the labor of bringing order out of chaos. I rallied the unhurt and lightly hurt, and we carried the worse injured into the cabin, where the lady and Newman attended them. I opened the barricaded galley, and freed ...
— The Blood Ship • Norman Springer |
