After a reasonably peaceful night, we are back to chasing zephyrs. |
Franklin, for whom Nature was the mildest Dame, insisted on its being open, so that the healthy zephyrs could ventilate the lungs. |
During their two-week passage, the ships occasionally gained an extra knot or two by hoisting trysails to catch prevailing zephyrs. |
In the sunny clime of North Carolina May comes with all the balminess and soft zephyrs of a more northern summer. |
But another effect of the radio is to work people up to an incredible state of alarm many hours in advance of the blow, while they are still fanned by the mildest zephyrs. |
All kinds of weather conditions marked the week, from strong storm fronts, to gentle zephyrs and horrendous wind-shifts, turning 180 degrees. |