... met, a pistol was put into his hand, which he fired, and was awakened by the report. On another occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker... Once a Week - Page 95edited by - 1870Full view - About this book
| 1853 - 628 pages
...overboard, and exhorted him to save himself by swimming, all the motions of which he immediately imitated. They then told him that a shark was pursuing him. and entreated him to dive for his life, which he did, with such force as to throw himself from the locker upon the floor, by which he was bruised,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1853 - 628 pages
...overboard, and exhorted him to save himself by swimming, all the ^notions of which he immediately imitated. They then told him that a shark was pursuing him, and entreated hint to dive for his life, which he did, witb such .force as .to throw himself from the locker upon... | |
| 1854 - 466 pages
...overboard, and exhorted him to save himself by swimming. He immediately imitated all the motions of swimming. They then told him that a shark was pursuing...entreated him to dive for his life. He instantly did so, with such force as to throw himself entirely from the locker upon the cabin floor, by which he was... | |
| John Abercrombie - 1859 - 300 pages
...occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker or bunker in the cabin, when they made him believe he had fallen overboard, and exhorted him to save himself by swimming. He immediately imitated all the motions of swimming. They then told him that a shark was pursuing him,... | |
| Edmund Fillingham King - 1860 - 376 pages
...another occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker in the cabin, when they made him believe he had fallen overboard, and exhorted him to save...himself from the locker upon the cabin floor, by which he was much bruised, and awakened of course. After the landing of the army at Louisburg, his friends... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 pages
...occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker or bunker in the cabin, when they made him believe he had fallen overboard, and exhorted him to save himself by swimming. Ни immediately imitated all the motions of a swimmer. Then they told him that a shark was pursuing... | |
| Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 pages
...another occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker in the cabin, when they made believe he had fallen overboard, and exhorted him to save...so much force as to throw himself from the locker to the floor, by which he was much bruised, and awakened, of course. After the landing of the army... | |
| Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 pages
...another occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker in the cabin, when they made believe he had fallen overboard, and exhorted him to save...so much force as to throw himself from the locker to the floor, by which he was much bruised, and awakened, of course. After the landing of the army... | |
| Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 420 pages
...another occasion they found him asleep on the top of a locker in the cabin, when they made believe ho Lad fallen overboard, and exhorted him to save himself...so much force as to throw himself from the locker to the floor, by which he was much bruised, and awakened, of course. After the landing of the army... | |
| William Alexander Hammond - 1869 - 338 pages
...they made him believe he had fallen overboard, and exhorted him to save himself by swimming. Then they told him that a shark was pursuing him, and entreated...himself from the locker upon the cabin floor, by which he was much bruised, and awakened of course. After the landing of the army at Louisburg, his friends... | |
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