Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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... direction toward unfathom- able gulfs . " Taking my steps , " says he , " with the greatest caution , I could not prevent myself from slipping ; as the space became wider , I be- came less cautious , and while looking over the edge into ...
... direction toward unfathom- able gulfs . " Taking my steps , " says he , " with the greatest caution , I could not prevent myself from slipping ; as the space became wider , I be- came less cautious , and while looking over the edge into ...
Side 84
... directions , compre- hends nearly the whole of Sardinia , [ Savoy and Piedmont , ] the western half of Switzerland , one ... direction lie the plains of France ; in the south - east , those of Lombardy and Piedmont : a mountainous tract ...
... directions , compre- hends nearly the whole of Sardinia , [ Savoy and Piedmont , ] the western half of Switzerland , one ... direction lie the plains of France ; in the south - east , those of Lombardy and Piedmont : a mountainous tract ...
Side 85
... directions in which the prospect is still more extended - for example , the mountains of Tus- cany may be distinctly seen . . . . All this was beheld under a sky literally without a cloud . " De Saussure and Dr. Barry kindled fires on ...
... directions in which the prospect is still more extended - for example , the mountains of Tus- cany may be distinctly seen . . . . All this was beheld under a sky literally without a cloud . " De Saussure and Dr. Barry kindled fires on ...
Side 102
... direction . In the launch astern , we saw the body of one wretched man who had leaped over the tafferel , and reached the boat badly wounded ; he was seen lying in it when the deck was regained , and was then pierced through with many ...
... direction . In the launch astern , we saw the body of one wretched man who had leaped over the tafferel , and reached the boat badly wounded ; he was seen lying in it when the deck was regained , and was then pierced through with many ...
Side 144
... direction he thought proper . Richfort appears to have been a fool as well as an impostor , for , while risking the lives of others , he also risked his own ; and in the face of multiplying dangers , he continued his perilous course ...
... direction he thought proper . Richfort appears to have been a fool as well as an impostor , for , while risking the lives of others , he also risked his own ; and in the face of multiplying dangers , he continued his perilous course ...
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