 | 1873 - 1082 pages
...way in , the staff could b& made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. ' If you are sure,' he replied, ' that, in case of giving way, you can maintain..."firmly grasped by both' of us. Thus helped, though it? onset was strong1, I inched safely 'across the torrent. All danger ended here. We afterwards roamed... | |
 | 1873 - 660 pages
...way in, the staff could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. " If you are sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain...safely across the torrent. All danger ended here. We afterward roamed sociably among the torrents and bowlders below the Cave of the Winds. The rocks were... | |
 | 1873 - 824 pages
...way in, the staff could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. " If you are sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain...Thus helped, though its onset -was strong, I moved savely across the torrent. All danger ended here. We afterward roamed sociably among the torrents and... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1873 - 840 pages
...way in, the staff could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. " If you are sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain your grasp, then I wiJl certainly hold you." I waded in, and stretched the staff to my companion. It was firmly grasped... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1873 - 628 pages
...way in, the staif could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. " If you are sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain your grasp, then 1 will certainly hold you." I waded in, and stretched the staff to my companion. It was firmly grasped... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 588 pages
...way in, the staff could bo made to reach him, and 1 proposed his seizing it. " If you are sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain...moved safely across the torrent. All danger ended hero. Wo afterwards num. • ! sociably among the torrents and boulders below the Cave of the Winds.... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 444 pages
...way in, the staff could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. " If you are sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain...onset was strong, I moved safely across the torrent. 19. All danger ended here. We afterward roamed sociably among the torrents and bowlders below the Cave... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1876 - 656 pages
...way in, the staff could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. ' If you are sure,' he replied, ' that, in case of giving way, you can maintain your grasp, then I will certainly hold you.' Remarking that he might count on this, I waded in, and stretched the staff to my companion. It was... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1876 - 706 pages
...way in, the staff could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. ' If you are sure,' he replied, ' that, in case of giving way, you can maintain your grasp, then I will certainly hold you.' Remarking that he might count on this, T waded in, and stretched the staff to my companion. It was... | |
 | 1878 - 818 pages
...way in, the staff could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. " If you arc sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain...certainly hold you." I waded in, and stretched the staff1 to my companion. It was firmly grasped by both of us. Thus helped, though its onset was strong,... | |
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By wading some way in, the staff" could be made to reach him, and I proposed his seizing it. " If you are sure," he replied, " that, in case of giving way, you can maintain your grasp, then I will certainly hold you. 
