 | David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 pages
...with a wind at SE ; leaving an impression on the mind to which I can give no name, though surely an ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of fleeing ; the swiftest horse would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction... | |
 | LIEUT-COLONEL W. REID - 1850 - 580 pages
...at that distance, as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, and a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying: the swiftest... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 pages
...it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no name, though surely...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of fleeing ; the swiftest horse could be of no use to carry us out of the danger, and the full conviction... | |
 | 1852 - 388 pages
...me at that distance as if it would measure two feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of thia danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1853 - 468 pages
...appeared to me at that distance, as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, or the taftest sailing sl:ip, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 pages
...it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no name, though surely...in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest-sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of the danger ; and the full persuasion of... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854 - 472 pages
...the mind of our i«trepid traveller, to which he could give no name, though he candidly admita that one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. He declares it was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could... | |
 | Moulton Hampton (pseud.?), Henry E. Davenport (pseud.?) - 1855 - 336 pages
...it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no name, though surely...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of fleeing ; the swiftest horse could be of no use to carry us out of the danger and the full conviction... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 pages
...that distance, as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at the south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable portion of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying : the swiftest horse, or fastest... | |
 | William Chambers - 1856 - 570 pages
...it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no name, though surely...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of fleeing ; the swiftest horse could be of no use to carry us out of the danger, and the full conviction... | |
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They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. 
