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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Side 104
... means a secure one . It was once a public house ; and notwith- standing every effort to adapt it to its present purpose , it is not a safe or proper place of con- finement . It is little calculated to resist any attempt to rescue the ...
... means a secure one . It was once a public house ; and notwith- standing every effort to adapt it to its present purpose , it is not a safe or proper place of con- finement . It is little calculated to resist any attempt to rescue the ...
Side 124
... mean time , without their knowledge , petitions were prepared and forwarded to the judges , the governor , and executive council . In them were stated various mitigatory facts in their favor ; and the meliorated character of the ...
... mean time , without their knowledge , petitions were prepared and forwarded to the judges , the governor , and executive council . In them were stated various mitigatory facts in their favor ; and the meliorated character of the ...
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... and desti- tute of all human assistance , effect their escape ? M. de la Tude , who was fruitful in expedients , first informed himself , by means of an artful trick which he played while they were conducted back to 130 FIRESIDE READING .
... and desti- tute of all human assistance , effect their escape ? M. de la Tude , who was fruitful in expedients , first informed himself , by means of an artful trick which he played while they were conducted back to 130 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 132
... means of one of the hinges , they took up a tile from the floor , and after digging for six hours , found it was a double partition , as De la Tude had conjectured . They then carefully replaced the tile , and began to unravel some of ...
... means of one of the hinges , they took up a tile from the floor , and after digging for six hours , found it was a double partition , as De la Tude had conjectured . They then carefully replaced the tile , and began to unravel some of ...
Side 134
... means of a string , drew up his companion , and all their imple- ments , to the top of the building , from which they lowered their baggage , by fastening a rope to the chimney ; and in this way they descended , both at once on the ...
... means of a string , drew up his companion , and all their imple- ments , to the top of the building , from which they lowered their baggage , by fastening a rope to the chimney ; and in this way they descended , both at once on the ...
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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