"Sea gull" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and wailed her farewell, she moved slowly towards the edge of the cliff. On its brink she hovered a moment with outstretched arms, as a sea gull poises on ...
— Legends of Vancouver • E. Pauline Johnson
... was, dat islan', Seven league from de coas', An' only de cry, so loud an' high, Of de poor drown sailors' ghos' You hear, wit' de screamin' sea gull; But de man of God he go An' anchor dere, an' say hees ...
— The Voyageur and Other Poems • William Henry Drummond
... the motors thundered. For a long distance they raced through blinding spray. Little by little this diminished until with a swoop, like a sea gull, the magnificent plane shot upward. The next instant they felt a dash of cold rain upon their cheeks. Was the storm upon them? Or was this merely a warning dash which had reached them far in advance of the deluge? For the moment they could ...
— Curlie Carson Listens In • Roy J. Snell
... occurred a most daring robbery of gold dust valued at 4,600 pounds, which, at the time, created a great sensation. It seems that two boxes of gold dust were brought to this country from Mexico, in the Sea Gull Packet, consigned to the Brazilian Mining Co., and were landed at Falmouth. They were, subsequently, transshipped on board the City of Limerick steamer, which arrived at Dublin on Sunday afternoon. The boxes were not landed at the wharf until Monday morning, and, at noon on that ...
— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton |
