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  • At the ferry-house Morton pronounced his “Well, so long, old fellow” with an affection that meant finality.

    Our Mr. Wrenn 2004

  • The ferry still pressed against the ferry-house; the swell from the inbound engines rose along the wooden pilings of the slip.

    Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

  • But on reaching the ferry-house of this unfrequented track, we found only two sumpter-mules tied to a tree near the hovel, and a boat chained to its stump beside the stream.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various

  • After lodging for the night in the ferry-house, Fleur asked his host if he could commend him to any good friend in Babylon for lodging and furtherance in his trade.

    Fleur and Blanchefleur Mrs. Leighton

  • French troops drawn up in a close line, three deep, on either side from the ferry-house up Long Wharf and Washington street to Clarke street, where it turned at a right angle and continued to Rochambeau's head-quarters, while the inhabitants, wild with enthusiasm, crowded the wharves and quays to see the two commanders meet.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

  • Take for granted, therefore, the tedious hours spent at the ferry-house, in restoring to consciousness the exhausted women, half-dead with cold and fright.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various

  • I saw the boatman going to his ferry-house, and I followed him to see how the matter stood.

    The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

  • South Heads flashed before her, the convent stood out in the far distance, a ferry-house shone white, the towers and roofs of Sydney showed against the sky, the lights on the shipping and on the further shore were as reflections of the stars above.

    The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller

  • He had scoured the countryside on every outward road, and come early at the dawn to the ferry-house and rapped wildly on the shutter.

    Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

  • No boat without a boatman! "cried the Prince; and leaping from his horse, which he gave me to hold, and renewing his vociferations, he was about to enter the ferry-house, when, just as he reached the wooden porch, a young girl, holding her finger to her lips in token of silence, appeared on the threshold!"

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various

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