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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... eye , and an impatient motion , told me that I was observed . He raised his enormous head and looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt awed , almost frightened , at the task I had ...
... eye , and an impatient motion , told me that I was observed . He raised his enormous head and looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt awed , almost frightened , at the task I had ...
Side 50
... eyes cast upward with a beseeching look toward heaven . At the conclusion of each sentence , a choral response of a few words was made , accompanied frequently by low moaning . The prayer lasted about twenty minutes . " After its ...
... eyes cast upward with a beseeching look toward heaven . At the conclusion of each sentence , a choral response of a few words was made , accompanied frequently by low moaning . The prayer lasted about twenty minutes . " After its ...
Side 54
... eyes seemed ready to burst from his head , and he was lifted out and laid dripping and flaccid upon the ground . " The ground over which the party was travel- ing was becoming more and more rugged and rocky . They entered a defile ...
... eyes seemed ready to burst from his head , and he was lifted out and laid dripping and flaccid upon the ground . " The ground over which the party was travel- ing was becoming more and more rugged and rocky . They entered a defile ...
Side 57
... the animal's neck , and allowed him to take his own course , closing my eyes , and keeping as quiet as possible in the saddle . But I could not forbear starting occasionally when the feet of my horse would slip EXCURSION TO OREGON . 57.
... the animal's neck , and allowed him to take his own course , closing my eyes , and keeping as quiet as possible in the saddle . But I could not forbear starting occasionally when the feet of my horse would slip EXCURSION TO OREGON . 57.
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... eyes covered , the most abject and contemptible - looking thing I ever saw . We took him by the shoulders , and threatened to throw him overboard if he did not immediately lend his assistance ; we might as well have spoken to a stone ...
... eyes covered , the most abject and contemptible - looking thing I ever saw . We took him by the shoulders , and threatened to throw him overboard if he did not immediately lend his assistance ; we might as well have spoken to a stone ...
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adventures afterward Alexander Selkirk allowed appeared arrived attempt Auldjo became Blackfeet boat bread brig brought buffalo called Captain Cinque Ports coast commanded companions crew Dampier danger death deck distance door endeavored escape father feet felt fire frigate gave governor grizzly bear hands heard hight hope horses Indians island Italy jailer Juan Fernandez land Lavalette length looked Maroncelli Medusa ment Milan miles mind Mont Blanc morning mountains mutineers natives never night Norfolk Island o'clock officers party passed Pellico person pinnace Pitcairn's Island poor prison provisions raft reached received remained returned river rope sail sailors says scarcely schooner secondini seemed seized Selkirk Senegal sent ship shore side sight Silvio Pellico situation soon Stradling suffered thing thought tion Tofoa took Townsend travelers Tude vessel voyage whole William Funnel wind wine wounded yawl