"Homeward-bound" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of his deplorable condition, and urging her to communicate with the agents of his vessel immediately. This letter never reached her, for, having heard of the wreck of the Glenalpine (some portions of the bows being found by a homeward-bound steamer imbedded in a large block of ice), she never doubted for an instant but that her husband had gone down with the vessel. The poor girl now felt almost broken down. But for the sake of the child which she expected ...
— The Mysteries of Montreal - Being Recollections of a Female Physician • Charlotte Fuhrer
... put him ashore at the Cape; being a Company's officer, you might send him home if you found a ship there homeward-bound; still, were I you, I would let destiny work. He is woven in with ours, that is certain. Courage, Philip, ...
— The Phantom Ship • Captain Frederick Marryat
... but little prospect of being speedily delivered from the steamer; nevertheless he begged the captain to put him on board the first homeward-bound vessel they should meet with. To this request ...
— Shifting Winds - A Tough Yarn • R.M. Ballantyne
... for the last time," said the mate; and the anchor came to the cathead to the tune of 'Time for us to go,' with a rollicking chorus. Everything was done quick, as though it was for the last time. The head yards were filled away, and our ship began to move through the water on her homeward-bound course. ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern -- Volume 11 • Various
... remarked, as we turned into Bleecker Street a few minutes later, four one-dollar bills safely tucked away in her stocking. "But say, you ought to see my new hat. It's elegant," and drawing my arm through hers, my new room-mate hurried me through the Saturday-evening crowd of homeward-bound humanity. ...
— The Long Day - The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself • Dorothy Richardson
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