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  • Tom saw the fisherman haul him up to the boat-side, and thought it was all up with him.

    The Water Babies 2007

  • Pickerel always seem to save their wildest thrashing for boat-side, and patience is key.

    How and Where to Fish for Pickerel 2004

  • I observed, about the time that I came to the boat-side, that the fire was pretty well out, and the noise abated; but in about half - an-hour after I got on board, I heard a volley of our men's firearms, and saw a great smoke.

    The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe 1958

  • As the dividing waters gave us to the light again, Agnes flung herself far over the boat-side and drew my lifeless burden in; I followed, and we laid it down, a piteous sight for human eyes to look upon.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various

  • Eve's, -- for she always felt as if she were Scheherazade looking into the pools of her fancy, and viewing the submerged city with its princes and its populace transformed to fish, when, having entered the heart-shaped inclosure, she leaned over the boat-side and noted the twin tides of life whose facile and luminous career followed all the outline of the weir.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

  • "He leaned over his boat-side, miles away from any shore, a star looked down from far above, a star looked up from far below, the glint passed as instantly, and left him the sole spirit between immense concaves of void and fulness, shut in like the flaw in a diamond."

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

  • The shadows grew longer and longer as Netteke plodded slowly along, and at last Mother De Smet called to her husband over the boat-side.

    The Belgian Twins 1917

  • Harold's remonstrance I persisted in dangling over the boat-side to dabble in the clear, deep, running water.

    My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916

  • As the priest, leaning over the boat-side, slipped the pieces into the buckskin bag, Colonel Winslow turned away, and rather roughly ordered the bespattered soldiers back to camp to clean themselves.

    Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

  • At this the crew peered over the boat-side eagerly.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

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