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1. They were low and swift with thin hulls, each with three to six rowers, shaded by a canopy
2. Spread out on either side of the covered area were thirty rowers both sitting and standing, paddles in hand, waiting for our arrival
3. , how the rainy season had lasted longer than usual this year and delayed him at least a week, how hard it was to find good rowers and reliable help, how worried he was that the market in Xaymaca was already flooded with the goods he was bringing, and he might be wiped out
4. Once we were finished eating, he led us down to the shore where Juchi was busy making the final adjustments to his cargo and boarding his rowers
5. 26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the
6. All the rowers were naked and chained by their ankle to remain at their benches night and day
7. some had their necks thrust into the benches of the rowers; while the feet of others were enclosed in hard fetters
8. 9 They were dragged along by unyielding chains like wild beasts of these some had their necks thrust into the benches of the rowers; while the feet of others were enclosed in hard fetters
9. For the same reason, the rowers at the front and the rear of the war-ship were usually the tallest men
10. (It was not clear whether they were cheering at the skill of the rowers or the fact that they were leaving town
11. Venn, sitting in the middle of the rowers, was trembling and wide-eyed with fear and hope
12. The bearded rowers grunted, heaved at the oars, while their muscles coiled and knotted, and sweat started out on their hides
13. The rowers were protected by a line of raised mantelets along the sides, but the warriors dancing on the narrow deck were in full view
14. The ship was a stupendous sight, eighty feet in length, the largest boat that had ever been seen in these waters, surely an artefact of the gods, this made it slightly longer than Coatl’s original Raven, the twelve foot high prow was surmounted by a large intricately carved black ravens head, along both sides of the longship decorated shields protected the rowers benches from the splashing sea, the mast was set just forward of the centre and the great steering board was located on the right hand side near the ten foot high stern, Coatl said this side of the boat was called the starboard side and the left hand side not having a board was called the port side because not having a board to foul the pier you tied the boat with the port side to the land, a raised platform allowed the crew to handle the steering board, this raised platform could be also used as a vantage point for ten archers in the event of attack, and it allowed room underneath for the captain and the officers to sleep and maintain control of the steering, a similar platform at the bow allowed the crew the same shared accommodation
15. One of the rowers yells to us in Spanish, “Actually, they just think you’re foolish, rude men who have desecrated a holy place with your weapon and your airplane!”
16. The rowers were nearly spent physically when Nancy, who had moved to the bow, shouted happily
17. Robin crouched beside him and tried to keep out of the way of the rowers
18. His rowers tied the cutter to the main ship and he climbed up to the aft section
19. sails, but rowers as well
20. The bending forward and backward of rowers in row-boats, the
21. On this I spoke to twelve Spaniards, all stout rowers, and such as could most easily leave the city; but it was no easy matter to find so many just then, because there were twenty ships out on a cruise and they had taken all the rowers with them; and these would not have been found were it not that their master remained at home that summer without going to sea in order to finish a galliot that he had upon the stocks
22. When we were collected together we debated whether it would be better first to go for Zoraida, or to make prisoners of the Moorish rowers who rowed in the vessel; but while we were still uncertain our renegade came up asking us what kept us, as it was now the time, and all the Moors were off their guard and most of them asleep
23. On this point we all agreed; and Zoraida, to whom it was explained, together with the reasons that prevented us from doing at once what she desired, was satisfied likewise; and then in glad silence and with cheerful alacrity each of our stout rowers took his oar, and commending ourselves to God with all our hearts, we began to shape our course for the island of Majorca, the nearest Christian land
24. For all that, however, by hard rowing we put out a little to sea, for it was now somewhat calmer, and having gained about two leagues the word was given to row by batches, while we ate something, for the vessel was well provided; but the rowers said it was not a time to take any rest; let food be served out to those who were not rowing, but they would not leave their oars on any account
25. We gave the Moorish rowers some food, and the renegade comforted them by telling them that they were not held as captives, as we should set them free on the first
26. Meg, in the other boat, was delightfully situated, face to face with the rowers, who both admired the prospect and feathered their oars with uncommon `skill and dexterity'
27. The rest of the crew of the brigantine are Moors and Turks, who merely serve as rowers
28. Ricote offered for that object more than two thousand ducats that he had in pearls and gems; they proposed several plans, but none so good as that suggested by the renegade already mentioned, who offered to return to Algiers in a small vessel of about six banks, manned by Christian rowers, as he knew where, how, and when he could and should land, nor was he ignorant of the house in which Don Gaspar was staying
29. Of the two sitters one held the rudder-lines, and looked at us attentively,—as did all the rowers; the other sitter was wrapped up, much as Provis was, and seemed to shrink, and whisper some instruction to the steerer as he looked at us
30. [*] Besides the rowers, the boat contained only the women, my father, mother, Selim, and myself
31. Even as rowers must subsume their often fierce sense of independence and self-reliance, at the same time they must hold true to their individuality, their unique capabilities as oarsmen or oarswomen or, for that matter, as human beings
32. Even if they could, few rowing coaches would simply clone their biggest, strongest, smartest, and most capable rowers
33. Only in this way can the capabilities that come with diversity—lighter, more technical rowers in the bow and stronger, heavier pullers in the middle of the boat, for instance—be turned to advantage rather than disadvantage
34. They have the force of character to inspire exhausted rowers to dig deeper and try harder, even when all seems lost
35. Most of the police cadets who ordinarily inhabited it had been moved out to make room for the American rowers as well as oarsmen from several other nations
36. For the rowers keep on rowing,
37. to the beach," he said to the rowers
38. They were some miles out when we first saw them, but they shot forward with great swiftness, and were soon so near that the rowers could distinguish our persons
39. "Some of the boats, crowded too full to give rowers a chance, drifted for a time
40. The Roman vessels in the first Punic war were over 100 feet long and had 300 rowers, while they carried 120 soldiers
41. The precise sequence of events I cannot remember, but I can recall feeling strongly attracted towards Frost and the Dorpat student that evening, learning their German song by heart, and kissing them each on their sticky-sweet lips; also that that same evening I conceived a violent hatred against the Dorpat student, and was for pushing him from his chair, but thought better of it; also that, besides feeling the same spirit of independence towards the rest of the company as I had felt on the night of the matriculation dinner, my head ached and swam so badly that I thought each moment would be my last; also that, for some reason or another, we all of us sat down on the floor and imitated the movements of rowers in a boat as we sang in chorus, “Down our mother stream the Volga;” also that I conceived this procedure on our part to be uncalled for; also that, as I lay prone upon the floor, I crossed my legs and began wriggling about like a tsigane; [Gipsy dancer
