Fish jump round us; two come in forward, pretty little silvery fellows with a potent smell of herring, one big fellow surges nearly ashore.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
The Flotilla Company have painted their steamer for the Prince all white-given her a buff funnel, and she flies the Royal Standard with the quarterings wrong, as usual, and looks mighty big and fine as she surges south over the silky, mirror-like surface of the river.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
At last these alternate surges of guilt and self-justification grated on his nerves.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke