"Furled" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... had sailed to many a place That's underneath the world; But in two years the ship came home, And all her sails were furled. ...
— Journeys Through Bookland V3 • Charles H. Sylvester
... down, and it's time for us to go, Every sail's furled in a smart harbour stow, Another ship for us an' for her another crew; An' so long, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920 • Various
... water-palms, skirted the short spaces of muddy bank where sedate alligators looked at her with lazy unconcern, and, just as darkness was setting in, shot out into the broad junction of the two main branches of the river, where the brig was already at anchor with sails furled, yards squared, and decks seemingly untenanted by any human being. Nina had to cross the river and pass pretty close to the brig in order to reach home on the low promontory between the two branches of the Pantai. Up both branches, in the houses built on the banks and over the water, the lights ...
— Almayer's Folly - A Story of an Eastern River • Joseph Conrad
... sign of the furrier, was found fastened to the bell-pull of a young man who always went to early lecture, and looked like a furled umbrella. He said he was striving after truth, and was considered by his aunt "a ...
— Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen • Hans Christian Andersen
... assented; and when the last boat-load of slaves was despatched from my barracoon, he lifted his anchor and floated down the stream till he got beyond the furthest breakers. Here, with sails loosely furled, and every thing ready for instant departure, he again laid to, awaiting ...
— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer
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