231 adjectives to describe captain

But one evening at dinner I succeeded in piercing the polite reserve of a little Captain who was sitting next to me.

Upon this impromptu clothes-line was crowded all the canvas, velvet, linen, and other dry-goods appertaining to the gallant captain and his self-sacrificing crew.

The morning was specially bright, and the captain, as brave a man as ever paced a quarter deck, was in the best of spirits, for he expected soon to be home.

This expedition was placed under the command of Don Diego d'Azumbuja, an experienced officer, under whom were the following naval captains, Gonçalez da Fonseca, Ruy d'Oliveira, Juan Rodrigues Gante, Juan Alfonso, Diego Rodrigues Inglez, Bartholomew Diaz, Pedro d'Evora, and Gomez Aires.

I took ship at a distant seaport, and for some time all went well, but at last, being caught in a violent hurricane, our vessel became a total wreck in spite of all our worthy captain could do to save her, and many of our company perished in the waves.

His valiant captains instantly To execute his will did fly.

"How are the men, Captain Foley?" "Never better, sir," answered the senior captain, in the spirit that makes a Madras officer look murder if you suggest recruiting his regiment from the Punjab.

Is not our honest old captain a jewel in his way?"

The newest ocean giant was in deadly peril, though probably few of her passengers guessed it, so reassuring are the huge bulk, the skilful construction, the watertight compartments, the able captain and crew, to the mind of the landsman.

Even Mrs. Kingdom plucked up spirit and read the astonished captain a homily upon the first duties of a parenta homily which she backed up by reading the story of the Prodigal Son through to the bitter end.

He was a stout knight and a bold: a passing crafty captain, as indeed was but just, for skill and courage were his servants at need: and large of his giving.

When Octa knew that the mighty captain was dead, he kept neither loyalty nor faith with a king whom he despised in his heart.

At the fifth knock the house shook, and a red-faced maid with her shoulders veiled in a large damp towel passed hastily down the staircase and, slipping the catch, passed more hastily still upstairs again, affording the indignant captain a glimpse of a short striped skirt as it turned the landing.

On the whole, our voyage was comparatively pleasant and prosperous, until the 24th of October; when, off the mouths of the Ganges, after a fine clear autumnal day, just about sunset, a small dark speck was seen in the eastern horizon by our experienced and watchful captain, who, after noticing it for a few moments, pronounced that we should have a hurricane.

Among them was the unfortunate captain of the Silverwing.

" "Are you going to live on your mother, you hulking rascal?" quoth the incensed captain.

I was a temporary captain without a job until you met me and asked for me to be attached to you for secret service.

As they went over the rail, the brutal captain said something about swinging at the yard arm.

George became an elegant, gay, open-hearted, admired captain in the guards; and Francis stalked through the halls of his ancestors, their acknowledged future lord, but a misanthrope; hateful to himself and disagreeable to all around him.

Now the crew have started putting off boats to make sure of saving the passengers if the worst comes!" "Which shows they have a capable captain aboard," commented Tom.

"The cargo must have been very valuable; but it appears that the captain, anxious to make a better voyage, had come to that port for the purpose of filling up with spars for the Cape of Good Hope.

So the captain, ever faithful, finds her, and discovers to his horror that she is a thousand times more like other women than he has ever been like other men.

" "Eh!" said the startled captain; "she'd better not let me see anything of it.

There are not two more cunning captains than these, nor two champions to excel them in battle.

Jugurtha that generous captain, "brought to Rome in triumph, and after imprisoned, through anguish of his soul, and melancholy, died."

231 adjectives to describe  captain