 | Will David Howe, Myron Thomas Pritchard, Elizabeth Virginia Brown - 1909 - 416 pàgines
...forward by wind and tide. I often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone I found myself within my depth : and by this time the storm was much abated. I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I reached as I conjectured at about eight o'clock... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 pàgines
...let my legs drop, and eould feel no bottom; but, when I was almost gone, and ! able to struggle no kings wns much abated. The declivity was so small that I walked near I a mile before I got to the shore,... | |
 | Will David Howe - 1912 - 318 pàgines
...forward by wind and tide. I often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone I found myself within my depth : and by this time the storm was much abated. I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I reached as I conjectured at about eight o'clock... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer - 1913 - 352 pàgines
...swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide. When I was able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this time the storm was much abated. I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1914 - 168 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;... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 308 pàgines
...let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was 30 almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth, and by this...before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was 35 about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1914 - 168 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 much abated. The declivity 1 was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1919 - 348 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...to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight a clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 450 pàgines
...let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost 10 gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth, and by this...walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I reached, as I conjectured, at about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near '5 half... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 354 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...to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight a clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of... | |
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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... 
