"Camber" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... very considerable sum) had been paid and the goods passed, so that nothing further remained but to land everything and have it conveyed to the railway-station for transmission to town. This done the two boats were taken into "The Camber" and put under the care of a trustworthy man, after which the party breakfasted at the "George," proceeding to town directly afterwards ...
— The Log of the Flying Fish - A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure • Harry Collingwood
... and killed a few of the English on the forecastle, but were soon overpowered and slain. Thus, after a long and sanguinary contest, the two large ships beat off the enemy with small loss; but the two little vessels were both burnt with most of their men, among whom was one Mynheer Hoogh Camber, a Dutch gentleman who had been ambassador of the king of Persia, and had fled from Batavia in one of these small vessels. Some say that the English killed above fifteen hundred of the assailants in two hours, for the heat of the assault continued during that space, besides many others ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr
... speed and angle, and the camber, or the curved formation of the plane, have been considered in all their aspects, so that the art in this respect has ...
— Aeroplanes • J. S. Zerbe***
... beams Refresh the southern ground, And though the princely Thames With beauteous nymphs abound, And by old Camber's streams Be many ...
— A Grammar of the English Tongue • Samuel Johnson
... less we can understand a man, the more intelligent we are apt to think him. No one should neglect by-play of this description; if I live to be strong enough to carry it through, I mean to play "cambre," and I shall spell it "camber." I wonder Mr. Darwin never abused this word. Laugh at him, however, as we may for having said "sag," if he had not been the kind of man to know the value of these little hits, neither would he have been ...
— Luck or Cunning? • Samuel Butler
... one, 'and he is a great man of his hands, fierce and bold, of strong family, and his brother is Sir Turquine of Camber, who tried to slay thee at Caerleon, and was with the eleven kings in battle. Sir Caradoc liveth in a strong tower beyond the marshes to the south of the river, and he slayeth all that desire to pass them, unless they pay him all ...
— King Arthur's Knights - The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls • Henry Gilbert
... patented, comprises two or more planes arranged in step form, the highest being in front. The machine I am now using has four planes 3 ft. x 18 ft.; total about 200 square feet; camber ...
— Flying Machines - Construction and Operation • W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell |
