For Young, the climb to the foretop was the most dangerous and frightening part of the battle. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
"All ready for letting fall, sir," the middy stationed in the foretop was the first to sing out. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
He was stationed in the foretop at watch and watch. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
Frazer's fowling-piece, at the figure in the foretop. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
They were flying about us all the time in the foretop. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
The lad up in the foretop sees square white sails afar. From Wordnik.com. [Ionica] Reference
“What's the alternative?” asked the foretop captain. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
Next day Parmiter was in the foretop splicing the forestay. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
The foretop lookout was no longer a safe refuge for Gerard. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
We were under close-reefed main and foretop-sails and mizzen. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
In another minute, however, the look out in the foretop discerned. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
His little, black eyes rolled and glinted under his shaggy foretop. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
Two men were wounded in the foretop and three at a 4-inch-gun post. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
From his perch in the foretop, Young observed the rest of the battle. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
The once-powerful foretop captain began to weep into his filthy hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
By then, Peglar was already captain of the foretop on the HMS Wanderer. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
The best view belonged to Filson Young, kneeling in the foretop of Lion. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Dt-Geraet was the radar set mounted in a revolving pillar on the foretop. From Wordnik.com. [Graf Spee]
There were nine or ten men in the foretop, all lashed and huddled together. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Two heavy shells struck the foretop of the Brigadier almost simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy] Reference
"Guess I'll get to the foretop myself and take a look, sir," said Mr. Toley. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
The glint of sunlight on brass drew her gaze to the lookout nest at foretop. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
His hat had fallen off, his foretop of brown hair straggled over his wild eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Mr. Gladstone may at least be in the foretop of the State at the dawn of the twentieth century. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man] Reference
It came into my mind like a fright, and I called to the captain that I meant to make for the foretop. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
It is advisable on approaching the animal to stroke its face, and in the horse to brush its foretop away. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Florida we experienced a white squall which carried away the foretop-gallant mast and split the foresail. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
So clear was the day that the lookout in the foretop of the "Euryalus" could see the ripples on the beach. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Everywhere was the stir of jubilant life -- everywhere but under the tattered awning stretched in the foretop of the Perle. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
As he swung down from the foretop, he didn't see the gamin face that peeked out from behind the capstan to follow his progress. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
It stunned me for a moment, for I had thought all hands were in the foretop, and never dreamt of so many lives having been lost. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
"Not a doubt of it, sir," replied the captain of the foretop, in an assured tone that expressed his confidence in his own statement. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
A number of the men who were scrambling forward returned on hearing the captain sing out, but the rest held on and gained the foretop. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
After a disagreeable cruise of nine weeks, in which time we had carried away the main and foretop-masts, we were ordered to Portsmouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
But I wasn't goin 'to let him take the jaw out o' me, so I only laughed, an 'says I, "Why, I'm captain of the foretop at sea, any how.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art.] Reference
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