I tested the vessel with the tiller and found she responded but dully; she would be nimbler under canvas no doubt, but it was enough that she should answer her helm at all.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
But for our calling they are the fittest of all the nations in the world; better even than the Portuguese, and with truer trade instincts than the trained mulatto-nimbler artists in roguery than ever a one of them.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Once it had succumbed to the superior weight of Patrolman Pinto's body, but the Phantom's leaner and nimbler figure was no match for its solid resistance.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon