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Side 57
... began to consider by what means he could convey the money to me . I could not , with my hands chained to an iron bar , reach the aperture of the window that admitted air ; besides that , it was too small . It was therefore agreed that ...
... began to consider by what means he could convey the money to me . I could not , with my hands chained to an iron bar , reach the aperture of the window that admitted air ; besides that , it was too small . It was therefore agreed that ...
Side 66
... began to fear me , grew more polite , and even supposed nothing was impos- sible to me . ' It was too late to remove the sand ; therefore the lieutenant and guard continued with me , so that this night at least I did not want company ...
... began to fear me , grew more polite , and even supposed nothing was impos- sible to me . ' It was too late to remove the sand ; therefore the lieutenant and guard continued with me , so that this night at least I did not want company ...
Side 69
... began to seem impossible . Thirst almost de- prived me of my senses , but as often as I put my mouth to the sand I inhaled fresh air . My sufferings were incredible , and I imagine I passed full eight hours in this distraction of horror ...
... began to seem impossible . Thirst almost de- prived me of my senses , but as often as I put my mouth to the sand I inhaled fresh air . My sufferings were incredible , and I imagine I passed full eight hours in this distraction of horror ...
Side 69
... began his reign by an act of great bar- barity . Round the prisoner's neck he ordered to be riveted an iron collar of a hand's breadth , which was connected with the chains of the feet by additional heavy links . next walled up the ...
... began his reign by an act of great bar- barity . Round the prisoner's neck he ordered to be riveted an iron collar of a hand's breadth , which was connected with the chains of the feet by additional heavy links . next walled up the ...
Side 69
... began and continued this labour about six months . I have already noticed the diffi- culty of scraping out the earth with my hands . The noise of instruments would have been heard by the sentinels . I had scarcely mined beyond my dun ...
... began and continued this labour about six months . I have already noticed the diffi- culty of scraping out the earth with my hands . The noise of instruments would have been heard by the sentinels . I had scarcely mined beyond my dun ...
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allowed appeared arms arrived Bastile Bay of Honduras began Bicêtre boat bread brought Cadotte canoe captain captive carried Casanova Charenton Chippeways clothes companions danger death discovered distance door dungeon enemy English escape favour fear feet fell fire fore four gave guard hands head heard hole hope Indians island jailor killed Klosterbergen knew labour lake land Latude Lavalette leagues length lion looked ment Mezières miles miserable Montagnac morning muskets never night Nova Zembla o'clock obliged officer ourselves passed piece prisoner raft reached remained returned river Roatan round sail savages scarcely seized sent sentinel shallop ship shore side Sir Eyre Coote Sir William Johnson sleep snake soon suffered thought tion told took trees Trenck turnkey venison Verdun vessel voyage Wawatam weather wigwam wind wood wounded yards
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Side 268 - At length, disappointed in the hope of seeing resistance made to the enemy, and sensible, of course, that no effort of my own unassisted arm could avail against four hundred Indians, I thought only of seeking shelter. Amid the slaughter which was raging I observed many of the Canadian inhabitants of the fort calmly looking on, neither opposing the Indians, nor suffering injury; and from this circumstance I conceived a hope of finding security in their houses.
Side 345 - ... betake themselves when pursued by man, or after they have committed their depredations on the farms of the surrounding district. I have crossed the path of the storm, at a distance of a hundred miles from the spot where I witnessed its fury, and again, four hundred miles farther off, in the state of Ohio. Lastly, I observed traces of its ravages on the summits of the mountains connected with the great pine forest of Pennsylvania, three hundred miles beyond the place last mentioned. In all these...
Side 345 - ... scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise was produced, similar to that occasioned by the violent gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. Turning instinctively towards the direction from which the wind blew...
Side 182 - Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated, the remembrance of past kindnesses produced some signs of remorse in Christian. When they were forcing me out of the ship, I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship ? he appeared disturbed at my question, and answered, with much emotion, " That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing ; — I am in hell...
Side 419 - Mungo Park's Life and Travels. With a Supplementary Chapter, detailing the results of recent Discovery in Africa.
Side 23 - To this petition the king answered, that on this, and all other occasions, he would do what he thought most consistent with the dignity of his crown and the safety of his people.
Side 26 - ... really present ; and answered my own questions in my lord's voice, as nearly as I could imitate it. I walked up and down as if we were conversing together, till I thought they had time enough thoroughly to clear themselves of the guards. I then thought proper to make off also. I opened the door, and stood half in it, that those in the outward chamber might hear what I said ; but held it so close that they could not look in. I bid my lord a formal farewell for that night...
Side 269 - ... the corner in which I was, must have contributed. In a word, after taking several turns in the room, during which they told M. Langlade how many they had killed, and how many scalps they had taken, they returned down stairs, and I, with sensations not to be expressed, heard the door, which was the barrier between me and my fate, locked for the second time.
Side 374 - The people now dragged us above forty yards on the sand : it was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back. Should it be asked how I managed to keep my seat, I would answer, I hunted some years with Lord Darlington's fox-hounds.
Side 407 - At one moment, the dogs perceiving his eye thus engaged, had advanced close to his feet, and seemed as if they would actually seize hold of him ; but they paid dearly for their imprudence, for without discomposing the majestic and steady attitude in which he stood fixed, he merely moved his paw, and at the next instant, I beheld two lying dead.