1 They were a ragged and ruffianly appearing crew, mounted on lame and heaving horses which obviously were in too bad condition to be used for more active service.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXVIII 2 He had given up all hope of continuing his medical studies and was now a contractor, working a labor crew of Irishmen who were building the new hotel.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXV 3 Mr. Johnson says he never knows when he comes to work in the morning whether he'll have a full crew or not.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXVI 4 They work a day or two and then lay off till they've spent their wages, and the whole crew is like as not to quit overnight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXVI 5 His crew had not made their appearance that morning and he was at a loss as to what to do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XLII 6 Like as not, his crew won't be working either.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XLII 7 The first week he took over the mill he justified all her hopes, for he accomplished more with five convicts than Hugh had ever done with his crew of ten free negroes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XLII 8 They were a thin, unwholesome lot, Scarlett thought, peering sharply at them, and when she had leased them, so short a time before, they were an upstanding crew.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XLIV 9 The set with which she was now moving was a motley crew.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XLIX 10 Daylight disbanded the phantom crew, and made it clear to her that she would hear from Selden before noon; but the day passed without his writing or coming.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 1: Chapter 15 11 Starting up, the landlord cried, "That's the Grampus's crew."
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn. 12 It belongs to me and Captain Bildad to see the Pequod fitted out for the voyage, and supplied with all her needs, including crew.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 16. The Ship. 13 Soon the crew came on board in twos and threes; the riggers bestirred themselves; the mates were actively engaged; and several of the shore people were busy in bringing various last things on board.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard. 14 Good-humored, easy, and careless, he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires. 15 In like manner, the Greenland whalers sailing out of Hull or London, put in at the Shetland Islands, to receive the full complement of their crew.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.