" Her answer must have satisfied Elephant, because he wrapped his trunk around her waist and hoisted her up to his back.

'[530] We approached her, and she hoisted her colours.

The 'Lee' on this hoisted her white flag in vain; seven more shots were fired from the forts at her before she returned them.

I doubt whether a Prussian Stonewall Jackson would give orders to kill a French Barbara Frietchie, but assuredly he would lock that venturesome old person up in a fortress where she could not hoist her country's flag nor invite anybody to shoot her gray head.

Until Germany, 'deep patient Germany,' suddenly hoisted her colours as a champion of murder and rapine and barbarism, she the mother of art and literature and science, there was nothing in Europe that could compare with the anachronism of Turkey being there at all.

In 1827, she had very foolishly and thoughtlessly, against advice, rushed into a conflict with Russia, and had seen herself reduced to make a treaty, not only surrendering important provinces, but giving Russia the advantage of hoisting her flag in the Caspian.

They did not ask why; but the sailors had suspected what was going on; and when they saw the devils coming back, they put Mrs. Fletcher into a big basket, and hoisted her to the top-mast.

When all these things had been taken ashore, the ship would hoist her sails and go on, farther up the river, to leave goods at other plantations.

He soon found the place of her concealment, drew her from it, got a rope, and tied her hands across each other, then threw the rope over a beam in the kitchen, and hoisted her up by the wrists; 'and,' said he, 'I whipped her there till I made the lint fly, I tell you.'

He soon found the place of her concealment, drew her from it, got a rope, and tied her hands across each other, then threw the rope over a beam in the kitchen, and hoisted her up by the wrists; 'and,' said he, 'I whipped her there till I made the lint fly, I tell you.'

Before he raised his eyes again the brig had hoisted her anchor, and was tacking under full canvas out of the Quebec basin.

The "Numancia" hoisted her boats and stood to the westward.

Come back, and let Master Dudley hoist her up to me.

Then they saw the boat return, the vessel hoist her sails again, and go on her way.

ay, she hoisted her sails two minutes after her boat reached her.

"The Mary Anne is just hoisting her anchor now, out there in midstream.

The doctor called down to him with some urgency: "I wish you could manage to hoist her up, Donnington.

She lowered her foresail half way down: her manoeuvre made us think that she was going to take the first tow-rope: she remained so a moment, lowered her foresail entirely, setup her main-mast, hoisted her sails, and followed the rest of the division.

"If wise, she will hoist her ensign; and yet I see no signs of preparations for such an act.

"We've craft enough up there, to hoist her in and dub her down to a jolly-boat's size, in a single watch.

"It's the Fair Emily," he said, slowly, "and she's hoisting her sails.

The Clio was lying with her nose against the float, and there was nothing to do but hoist her sail.

She was ill in bed with a fever when the Germans set fire to the placebarely giving us time to hoist her into the cart.

What his own apprehensions were, till she hauled up her ports and hoisted her proper colors, is uncertain; but then, being perfectly convinced, he slipped his cable, got under sail, ordered his men to arms without any show of timidity, dropping a first-rate oath, that it was a bite, but at the same time resolved, like a gallant rogue, to get clear or die.

This seemed to be a signal for the cruiser; for when the eye of Bonnie, which had been directed to the heavens, returned towards the ship, he saw that she had opened and hoisted her three top-sails, seemingly with as little exertion as an eagle would have spread his wings.