The Great Eastern's Log: Containing Her First Translating Voyage, and All Particulars of Her American Visit (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Who would not brave the battle, storm, or wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck 2 - byron.

Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle. - longfellow.

Feeling satisfied that there is scarcely an individual in Great Britain who has not heard of, or had the good fortune to witness, this stupendous monument of British industry and genius, it is needless for me to enter into details of her building and launch ing; but I will, with the reader's permission, accompany him on board, while she is lying snugly at her moorings off N etley Abbey, Southampton Water.

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