 | 1856 - 330 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... | |
 | Henry E. Davenport - 1857 - 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... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1859 - 356 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 give no name, though surely one ingredient in it wos fear, with a. considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying :... | |
 | James Bruce - 1860 - 442 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...considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...to me at that distance as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at. S. £. leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient iu it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment It was in vain to think of flying... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1860 - 376 pages
...upon the mind of our intrepid traveller to which he could give no name, though he candidly admits 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... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1861 - 408 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 degree of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 394 pages
...me 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...in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to... | |
 | Young people - 1869 - 684 pages
...distance as if it would measure two feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving j an impression upon my mind to which I can give no...in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse or fastest-sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion of... | |
 | John Platts - 1876 - 986 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...the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could not carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where... | |
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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. 
