Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... attempting to make way , now forced to land again , and always drenched to the skin . The missionaries and their ... attempt to proceed ; but in a short while one of them was stove , and another greatly damaged , so that they had to ...
... attempting to make way , now forced to land again , and always drenched to the skin . The missionaries and their ... attempt to proceed ; but in a short while one of them was stove , and another greatly damaged , so that they had to ...
Side 73
... attempt in the same year , one in 1791 , a third in 1802 , were the only suc- cessful attempts down to 1812 , when a Hamburg gentleman , named Rodatz , gained the summit . From that time till 1827 , seven successful at- tempts were made ...
... attempt in the same year , one in 1791 , a third in 1802 , were the only suc- cessful attempts down to 1812 , when a Hamburg gentleman , named Rodatz , gained the summit . From that time till 1827 , seven successful at- tempts were made ...
Side 74
... attempt at so unfavorable a period of the day , and thus excited a suspicion that he wished to secure his hire without performing the full service . Having perceived this suspicion in his employer , he wished to prove that , even after ...
... attempt at so unfavorable a period of the day , and thus excited a suspicion that he wished to secure his hire without performing the full service . Having perceived this suspicion in his employer , he wished to prove that , even after ...
Side 80
... attempt to pull me up for some mo- ments , but then , desiring me to raise myself , they drew in the rope till I was close to them and in safety . The reason for this proceeding is obvious . Had they attempted , on the bad and uncertain ...
... attempt to pull me up for some mo- ments , but then , desiring me to raise myself , they drew in the rope till I was close to them and in safety . The reason for this proceeding is obvious . Had they attempted , on the bad and uncertain ...
Side 83
... attempt , I found the exhaustion returned as before . Slight faintness came on , so that I had at last to sit down for a few minutes ; when , a little wine having been taken , one more effort was made , and at a quarter past two o'clock ...
... attempt , I found the exhaustion returned as before . Slight faintness came on , so that I had at last to sit down for a few minutes ; when , a little wine having been taken , one more effort was made , and at a quarter past two o'clock ...
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