pleasantly-lit

Updated: August 25, 2026

In the pleasantly-lit saloon some of the elder subsided into whist, while the juniors sought the middies in their cabin on the main-deck, next door to the sheep-pen; there they entertained themselves and each other with songs, accompanied by the concertina and clouds of tobacco-smoke. The progress of the ship was a subject of constant interest.

Samuel Smiles - A Boy's Voyage Round the World