It's no more than if I went for a visit in the country." He was talking boisterously, and heaping his sea-boots and
sextants back into his chest.
Her manner was so straightforward and honest that I could not bring myself to believe in her duplicity; yet--Thinking to surprise her into a betrayal of her guilt, I blurted out: "The chronometer and sextant were both destroyed last night; there is a traitor among us." But she never turned a hair by way of evidencing guilty knowledge of the catastrophe.
I told him to do so; and then I set to work improvising a crude sextant with which we finally took our bearings in a rough and most unsatisfactory manner; for when the work was done, we did not know how far from the truth the result might be.
Newbury's Group 3 Unibet Geoffrey Freer (2.25) is a good opportunity for
SEXTANT to land his fourth win of the campaign, at the expense of the favourite Morando.
RIPON 1.30pm King's Caper 2.05pm Dalton 2.40pm Ventura Lightning 3.15pm Lake Volta (NAP) 3.50pm Lola's Theme 4.25pm Storm Ahead 4.55pm Funny Man NEWBURY 1.15pm Murray River 1.50pm Thunderous 2.25pm
Sextant 3pm Love Dreams 3.35pm Safe Voyage 4.10pm Adonijah 4.45pm Ocala 5.20pm Nabhan DONCASTER 1.10pm Red Seeker 1.40pm Alpen Rose 2.15pm Mutafawwig 2.50pm Finoah 3.25pm Saaheq 4pm Moll Davis 4.35pm Elhafel NEWMARKET 2.10pm Premier Power 2.45pm Case Key 3.20pm Miss Villanelle 3.55pm Kinks 4.30pm Lady of Shalott 5.05pm Great Hall 5.35pm Mutamaasik TOMORROW'S NAP: Tapisserie (Pontefract 3.30pm)
Sextant (5-4 Fav) looked a typical Sir Michael Stoute older improver in the John Guest Handicap.
But his presence did not improve the fortunes of Her Majesty, whose horse
Sextant could manage only fourth in the 5.15pm race.
T WON'T take an expert to pick out
SEXTANT as the most likely winner of the penultimate race today.
ASCOT: 1.30 Harbour Spirit, 2.05 Bangkok, 2.40 Emenem, 3.15
SEXTANT (NAP), 3.50 Graphite Storm, 4.20 Zwayyan, 4.55 Mr Orange.
And the experienced yachtswoman also had her precious
sextant, a triangular device invented 250 years earlier to plot the angle of the sun in the sky.
To record probing depths, the mouth was divided into
sextants. Gingival crevices around each tooth were examined, and researchers recorded the deepest probing depth found in each
sextant.
Navy Live blog, NHHC initiated a new blog called The
Sextant. The
Sextant will provide Navy history fans some real advantages, including, the ability to embed popular widgets (widgets link people on the site to other NHHC resources such as the NHHC webpage, social platforms); the ability to host live video and hold an interactive chat with fans in real-time; significant analytical gains; ability of remote and real-time monitoring; search function unique to blog posts and key phrases--and much more.
Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, were interrupted when the church
sextant handed him a letter from his secretary of war warning that Union forces would soon take the Confederate capital.
