| Thomas Cross - Coach drivers - 1861 - 344 pages
...profession did not or would not appreciate the solicitude Lord Gambier had for the spiritual welfare of those " who go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in the great waters." And experience tells us 'tis a much easier task to dispel the doubts and establish... | |
| 1862 - 628 pages
...than himself, have been converted suddenly, and as by magic, into the most courageous and venturesome of those who ' go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters,' fit to command a crew and craft over any seas. Nor is the business unprofitable. The... | |
| English literature - 1862 - 628 pages
...than himself, have Ijeen converted suddenly, and as by magic, into the most courageous and venturesome of those who ' go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters,' fit to command a crew and craft over any seas. Nor is the business unprofitable. The... | |
| Francis Young (F.R.G.S.), W. B. B. Stevens - 1864 - 264 pages
...unmarked hy any disastrous occurrences, and he had hitherto escaped those perils which fall to the lot of those who "go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their husiness in great waters." It was in a voyage to Cagliari in the hrigantine Etna, commanded hy Captain... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1875 - 646 pages
...devote a portion of extraordinary revenue which has come to us from the sea in enabling " those who go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in " deep waters " to escape from drunkenness and debauchery, and to have the refuge of a respectable home. I next ask... | |
| Isaac Todhunter, William Whewell - 1876 - 456 pages
...spontaneous and overpowering sentiment. To provide all that can be provided, for the safety and comfort of those who go down to the sea in ships, and occupy in the great waters, may be desirable on account of private or public gain ; may be dictated by prudence... | |
| Joshua Slater - Commercial law - 1884 - 244 pages
...with foreign ships. Unseaworthy A greater danger than at present exists formerly threatened the lives of those " who go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters," and that danger arose from the masters and owners of vessels sending their ships to... | |
| Marcus Rainsford - Bible - 1885 - 288 pages
...of God's waterspouts, and • all His waves and billows flow over us, is hope. We know, in the case of those who go down to the sea in ships and occupy themselves in great waters, that the greater the strain of the storm the deeper the anchor will sink... | |
| Alexander Brown - Virginia - 1886 - 42 pages
...management. Many of the Company had great practical experience in commercial affairs ; many among them were of "those who go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters ;" many had made a study of navigation, commerce and colonization, and were also familiar... | |
| Cyril Ransome - 1898 - 326 pages
...gallows-bird, but speak of the true courage and resource which have in all times been characteristic of those who go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters. But as regards the progress of the plot, we learn from the first scene that a good ship,... | |
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