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  • To think that I, who had mingled among gentlemen and scholars, should be thankful to labour in a shipwright's yard by day, and sleep on a bundle of hides by night!

    For the term of his natural life 2004

  • Althea had been surprised to find that his shipwright's knowledge extended far beyond what she would have expected of a mate.

    The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999

  • Cerryl nodded at the reference to the smith's place, although his screeing had shown it appeared to be empty and the smith was at the shipwright's - or he had been earlier.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • The smith had left his forge and was at the shipwright's on the harbor.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • When the silver mists parted, more reluctantly than normal, Cerryl beheld a ship, a strange vessel moored in a channel or quay area beside a shipwright's works.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • Dorrin walks back across the shipwright's yard and across the plank, skirting around Liedral and Petra, who are wrestling bags of herbs and other goods onto the ship.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

  • The tattered tents are gone from the hillside beyond the shipwright's.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

  • He walks back across the plank and down to the shipwright's shed, to the corner where the tub and the barrels are.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

  • Dorrin pats her neck as they turn down toward the shipwright's.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

  • Before long he must head back down to the shipwright's.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

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