 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pàgines
...ordinary surface, so that they may run upon a descent. Woodward, I found myself within my depth ; and the declivity was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore. Gulliver's TrareU. And on thy happy shore a temple still, Of small and delicate proportion, keeps,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 pàgines
...bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depQi ; and by this time the storm was much abated. The declivity was so email, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pàgines
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle 110 longer, I found myself within my depth, and by this...to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clcck in the evening. I then advance 1 forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 pàgines
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1859 - 152 pàgines
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1859 - 96 pàgines
...towards the shore by wind and tide. I often let my legs drop, but could feel no bottom. At last, however, I found myself within my depth ; and by this time the storm was much abated. I walked near a mile in the sea, before I got to shore. I made about a quarter of a league without... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 pàgines
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
 | A V. Rose - 1865 - 100 pàgines
...to struggle no longer I found myself within my depth; and by9 this time the storm was much abated'0. The declivity was so small ' ' , that I walked near...got to ' * the shore, which I conjectured was about ' 3 eight o'clock in the evening'4. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could ' 3 not discover... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - 1865 - 414 pàgines
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this time the storm was so much abated. The declivity was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1871 - 406 pàgines
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half-a-mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
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I cannot tell, but conclude they were all lost. For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me and was pushed forward by wind and tide. I... 
