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... discovered , there was the imminent risk of their being destroyed by damp , so that no time must be lost in regaining them before too late . She therefore determined on another journey to the north , and , for greater secrecy , on ...
... discovered , there was the imminent risk of their being destroyed by damp , so that no time must be lost in regaining them before too late . She therefore determined on another journey to the north , and , for greater secrecy , on ...
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... discovered , there was the imminent risk of their being destroyed by damp , so that no time must be lost in regaining them before too late . She therefore determined on another journey to the north , and , for greater secrecy , on ...
... discovered , there was the imminent risk of their being destroyed by damp , so that no time must be lost in regaining them before too late . She therefore determined on another journey to the north , and , for greater secrecy , on ...
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... discovered no very large piece of wood need be cut . Immediately I went to work with my knife , and cut through the oak door to find its thick- ness , which proved to be only one inch ; therefore was it pos- sible to open all the four ...
... discovered no very large piece of wood need be cut . Immediately I went to work with my knife , and cut through the oak door to find its thick- ness , which proved to be only one inch ; therefore was it pos- sible to open all the four ...
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... discovered the fracture . The window was never strictly ex- amined ; I therefore drew the two staples by which the iron bars were fixed to the wall , and which I daily replaced , carefully plastering them over . I pro- cured wire from ...
... discovered the fracture . The window was never strictly ex- amined ; I therefore drew the two staples by which the iron bars were fixed to the wall , and which I daily replaced , carefully plastering them over . I pro- cured wire from ...
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... discovered that the foundation of my prison , in- stead of two , was sunken four feet deep . Time , labour , and patience were all necessary to break out , unheard and un- discovered ; but few things are impossible where resolution is ...
... discovered that the foundation of my prison , in- stead of two , was sunken four feet deep . Time , labour , and patience were all necessary to break out , unheard and un- discovered ; but few things are impossible where resolution is ...
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Page 268 - At length, disappointed in the hope of seeing resistance made to the enemy, and sensible, of course, that no effort of my own unassisted arm could avail against four hundred Indians, I thought only of seeking shelter. Amid the slaughter which was raging I observed many of the Canadian inhabitants of the fort calmly looking on, neither opposing the Indians, nor suffering injury; and from this circumstance I conceived a hope of finding security in their houses.
Page 345 - ... betake themselves when pursued by man, or after they have committed their depredations on the farms of the surrounding district. I have crossed the path of the storm, at a distance of a hundred miles from the spot where I witnessed its fury, and again, four hundred miles farther off, in the state of Ohio. Lastly, I observed traces of its ravages on the summits of the mountains connected with the great pine forest of Pennsylvania, three hundred miles beyond the place last mentioned. In all these...
Page 345 - ... scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise was produced, similar to that occasioned by the violent gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. Turning instinctively towards the direction from which the wind blew...
Page 182 - Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated, the remembrance of past kindnesses produced some signs of remorse in Christian. When they were forcing me out of the ship, I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship ? he appeared disturbed at my question, and answered, with much emotion, " That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing ; — I am in hell...
Page 419 - Mungo Park's Life and Travels. With a Supplementary Chapter, detailing the results of recent Discovery in Africa.
Page 23 - To this petition the king answered, that on this, and all other occasions, he would do what he thought most consistent with the dignity of his crown and the safety of his people.
Page 26 - ... really present ; and answered my own questions in my lord's voice, as nearly as I could imitate it. I walked up and down as if we were conversing together, till I thought they had time enough thoroughly to clear themselves of the guards. I then thought proper to make off also. I opened the door, and stood half in it, that those in the outward chamber might hear what I said ; but held it so close that they could not look in. I bid my lord a formal farewell for that night...
Page 269 - ... the corner in which I was, must have contributed. In a word, after taking several turns in the room, during which they told M. Langlade how many they had killed, and how many scalps they had taken, they returned down stairs, and I, with sensations not to be expressed, heard the door, which was the barrier between me and my fate, locked for the second time.
Page 374 - The people now dragged us above forty yards on the sand : it was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back. Should it be asked how I managed to keep my seat, I would answer, I hunted some years with Lord Darlington's fox-hounds.
Page 407 - At one moment, the dogs perceiving his eye thus engaged, had advanced close to his feet, and seemed as if they would actually seize hold of him ; but they paid dearly for their imprudence, for without discomposing the majestic and steady attitude in which he stood fixed, he merely moved his paw, and at the next instant, I beheld two lying dead.