| Erasmus Darwin - 1825 - 342 pàgines
...us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though siu'ely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable...was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger ; and the full persuasion... | |
| Josiah Priest - 1825 - 660 pàgines
...ten feet. They then retired from us with a wind at SK leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse. or fastest... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pàgines
...upon the mind of our intrepid traveller to which he could give no name, though he candidly admits that one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. He declares it was in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be... | |
| 1826 - 638 pàgines
...to which I can give no name, though purely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
| 1827 - 404 pàgines
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, mixed with a considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. GEESE. The native tribes of geese belonging... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 582 pàgines
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in...was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, W fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry Ws out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
| James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pàgines
...feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in...was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship would be of -no use to carry us out of this danger : and the full persuasion... | |
| Theodore Edward Hook - 1832 - 480 pàgines
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in...was in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, the fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
| Theodore Edward Hook - 1832 - 480 pàgines
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in...was in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, the fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
| James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 446 pàgines
...and astonishment. It¿ ¿1n to think of flyln¿: the swiftest horee oi¿ fattest eniling ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me &s if to the spot where I stood.” The appearance of these phantoms... | |
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