Sentences with phrase «many boatmen»

A solitary boatman, the unlit lamp, formal dress, and the coffin - shaped reflection of the window all convey powerful impressions of the feeling of death's presence.

Sometimes if he proved obdurate, the god Re was besought to command the boatman to serve him: «O Re, Commend King Teti to Look - behind, the ferryman of the Lily - Lake, that he may bring that ferry - boat for King Teti, in which he ferries the gods to yonder side of the Lily - Lake, to the east side of the sky.

My step - daughter buys a whole fish from a boatman in Westport, WA and we split the take.

We anchored right behind this protective reef where we were approached by a local boatman named Mr. Fabulous.

Since this is the side of the island «Convenient for Shipping,» Larry is also an accomplished boatman.

It rolls mercilessly in the gentlest of seas, yet in the hands of a good boatman is faster and smoother than a pounding ride in an outboard - powered skiff.

The boatman is Charon, the mythical ferryman who carries souls across the river Styx and into the underworld.

The observer knew that Fahmy could drown, so he wisely ordered the boatman to reach over and touch Fahmy's body, and that disqualified him on the spot.

Observations revealed that D. villosus took a far greater toll on the other species in its tank than did G. duebeni, killing and mangling large numbers of blue - tailed damselflies, water boatmen, fish leeches and water hoglice.

The radars recorded medium - sized insects (hoverflies, ladybird beetles, and water boatmen) and large ones (hawk moths, painted lady butterflies, and aquatic beetles) flying between 150 meters and 1200 meters high; balloon sampling flights helped provide estimated counts for smaller insects.

Even though the water boatman does its «singing» from the bottom of rivers to attract mates, humans walking along the riverbank can clearly hear it.

Water boatman is world's loudest animal relative to its size, thanks to a little help from its sex organ

If you weren't holding on, there were lashes, lashing straps everywhere that you grabbed onto, and the boatmen would say for the really tough rapids, first of all, everybody had to get down onto the deck and hold on with both hands to the lashing straps.

As our boatman was explaining as we approached it, he called it — he said this event, this rainfall event in 1966 had formed, «The ulcer - inducing spectacle,» known as Crystal Rapid.

It was built in 1875, and named after a boatman named Christopher Crisp.

The characters were vibrant and engaging, I fell in love with Samuel the boatman, you actually can feel a level of compassion for them.

The boatmen who bring the refugees across from Myanmar are charging $ 120 a person, which pretty much strips these people of the last of their assets.

The movie takes on the structure of a low - boil Agatha Christie mystery, with a succession of interviews conducted by Armand (all with people inspired by figures in van Gogh paintings): a boatman (Aidan Turner), a farmer, an inn - keeper's daughter (Eleanor Tomlinson), Dr. Gachet's caustic housekeeper (Helen McCrory), and the doctor's daughter Marguerite (Saoirse Ronan), with whom van Gogh was seen taking boat rides.

Unfortunately, the good doctor is out of town for two days, so Armand ends up talking with his stern, moralistic housekeeper Louise (Helen McCrory) and his mysterious daughter Marguerite (Saoirse Ronan), who denies knowing Vincent well even though a local boatman (Aidan Turner) saw them rowing together.

Actor Luke Evans enters the fray as Bard the boatman, a man who is more than meets the eye and our company's ticket into Laketown, where a shrewd Mayor played by Stephen Fry awaits them.

He's a River Styx boatman who leads his own personal Cerberus around via a very short leash, the gifted demonic mimic able to contort his body in a manner that ups the anxiety quotient every time he makes an impromptu appearance.

Using his trusty ZEISS microscope, Nick will give the audience an opportunity to stare into the jaws of a Dragonfly, see the whiskers on a midge and find out why a water boatman has such a hairy bottom!

He wrote a humorous travel letter and signed it Mark Twain (mark twain is a boatman's call indicating that the water is only two fathoms deep, which is the minimum for safe navigation); he continued to use this pseudonym for the next 50 years.

He also learnt the trades of boatman, merchant, clerk, postmaster, surveyor, in addition of that of a lawyer, before he was elected as a U.S. Congressman in his thirties.

Ghosh gives the reader a veritable feast of characters: Deeti, the strong - willed wife of Ghazipur opium addict, Hukam Singh; Hukam's uncle ruthless Bhyro, a recruiter of migrant labourers; carpenter Zachary Reid, the son of a Baltimore Negro freedwoman and her white master; Burnham, merchant and closet masochist; Jodu, a boatman; Raja Neel Rattan Halder, a debt - ridden zemindar; Serang Ali, leader of the lascar seamen; James Doughty, a pilot for ships entering Culcutta; Kalua, a low - caste ox - cart driver; Paulette Lambert, the feisty orphaned daughter of a French botanist; Baboo Nob Kissin Pander, Burnham's accountant who is a virgin celibate with strong religious beliefs; Captain Chillingworth, engaged for his last sea - voyage; first - mate Jack Crowle, a man with an inferiority complex and a sizeable cruel streak; and Chinese - Indian opium addict, Ah Fatt.

Sara Rosetta Wakeman left home at the age of 19 disguised as a man and worked as a boatman on a coal barge to earn money to support her eight siblings.

«We've poisoned it all,» mourns Davide Casati, an aged boatman who treats Brunetti to languorous tours of the floating islands on the graceful, gondola - like rowing boat he built with his own hands.

He's never once made the trip without encountering inclement weather, contrary winds and tides, unexplained delays, seasick fellow travelers, surly packet captains, or dishonest boatmen waiting to extort the passengers ashore.

Clouds conceal the nation of Estalia, where a lone boatman makes his way across its freezing landscape.

Both the despotic militants, who rule without true governance, and the ragged bands of fighters who resist them, vie for the boatman's support, and Marquos is drawn into a war many others don't realise exists.

The boatman asks, «Do you have cash?»

These working dogs originated in the Algarve area of Portugal, excellent swimmers (They have webbed feet) were used by fisherman to drive fish into the nets or take messages between boatmen.

We swim and explore to our hearts» content and then ask our boatmen to move on to another island when we feel like we've had enough.

In fact, one of our boatmen said, «There's no off - peak season in El Nido.»

Most of the island hopping tours come with a guide, a boatman, and a seafood spread for lunch.

Later that day, the boatmen took me around to Tufi — which is a spectacular setting of rainforest lining these long fjord - like rias — but I was already missing Tumari.

Although I usually stay away from guided tours of any kind, we did meet up with a local boatman, a fourth - generation islander with a rich local accent — something like a cross between the deep south and Old English — who took us around the island and peppered his talk with references to what «used to be here,» or «burned down there,» or «went bankrupt over there.»

The boatman dropped us and our bikes on the tip of the island and we scrambled up the steep slope into a sun - scorched rice paddy wilderness.

The boatman said I could stay with his brother's family in Tumari, then the following day, they'd take me on to Tufi.

I staggered back up the beach to meet our boatman.

Our boatmen then didn't have a name for it when we asked.

We stayed in an open cottage in Candaraman Island while our boatmen grilled fishes and cooked shrimps and large prawns for our lunch the traditional way — by gathering sticks for wood.

One of the most exciting aspects of staying in this home is that you'll have access to its 30 - foot pleasure boat, manned by the villa's boatman this vessel is available during the day to guests for just the price of fuel.

We took out repellent oils and lotions and requested that our boatmen take us to the island across, Bancalan Island, and that's where we stayed through the night on our first day of Balabac island hopping tour.

The boatman explained to me that there are tiny micro-organisms in the water — an animal — that produces the pink color.

Thanks also to boatmen who let me hitch going and coming out of the islands.

Mr. William Burns, station master and chief boatman of the Coastguard at Bangor; stated that he was on board the Statanella when the towing began, and that the Satanella was ordered to tow towards the George Hotel on the Caernarfonshire side.

He is funny and knowledgeable - truly wants his customers to understand the coastline and it's history and then use his superb boatman - ship to bring customers right up close to cool sites on the coast, including waterfalls.

Make sure you negotiate a price with the boatman first!

You can bring your own snorkeling gear or rent from the boatmen.