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.
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.
3 Mr. Johnson says he never knows when he comes to work in the morning whether he'll have a full crew or not.
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.
5 His crew had not made their appearance that morning and he was at a loss as to what to do.
6 Like as not, his crew won't be working either.
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.
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.
9 The set with which she was now moving was a motley crew.
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.
11 Starting up, the landlord cried, "That's the Grampus's crew."
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.
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.
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 MelvilleContext Highlight 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 MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.