 ... hands and feet against the water, to get forward, till within reach of it. In this attempt you will find that the water buoys you up against your inclination ; that it is not so easy to sink as you imagine, and that you cannot, but by active force,...  Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons - Page 212by Maria Edgeworth - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1794 - 610 pages
...inclination ; that it is not fo eafy a thing to fink as you imagined ; that you cannot, but by afiive force, get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to fupport you, and learn to confide in that power; while your endeavours to overcome it, and to reach... | |
 | English literature - 1780 - 740 pages
...the water buoys yon up againft your inclination ; Ш it "ч not fo eafy a tbjnç to fin!; as active force, get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to fupport you, and learn to confide in that power; while your endeavours to overcome it, and to reach... | |
 | History - 1794 - 614 pages
...inclination ; that it is not io eafy a thing to fink as you imagined ; that you cannot, but by aclive force, get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to fupport you, and learn to confide in that power ; while your endeavours to overcome it, and to reach... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 452 pages
...cannot but by aftivc force pet down to the egg. Thus уоц feel the power of the water to fupport you, and learn to confide in that power ; while your...it, and to reach the egg, teach you the manner of ailing on the water with your feet and hands ; which anión is afterward« ufed in fwiirmmg to fupport... | |
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...inclination; that it is not so easy a thing to sink as you imagined ; that you cannot, but by active force, get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power...you the manner of acting on the water with your feet und hands, which action is afterwards used in swimmnig to support your head higher above water, or... | |
 | John Walker - 1814 - 566 pages
...mclination; that it is not so easy a thing to sink as you imagined; that you cannot, but by active force, get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power...power; while your endeavours to overcome it, and to reacn the egg, teach you the manner of acting on the water with your feet and hands, which action is... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...inclination ; that it is not so easy a thing to sink as you imagined ; that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to support you, and learn to confide ill that power ; while your endeavours to overcome it, and to reach the egg, teach you the manner of... | |
 | Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...inclination ; thai it is not so easy a thing to sink, as you imagined ; and that you cannot, but by active force, get down to the egg. Thus, you feel the power of the water to support you, and leani to confide in that power; while your endeavour* to evercome it, and to reach the egg, teach you... | |
 | Colin Mackenzie - Chemistry - 1822 - 774 pages
...inclination ; that it is not so easy a thine to sink, ns you imagined ; and that you cannot, but by active force, get down to the egg. Thus, you feel the power...to confide in that power; while your endeavours to evercome it, and to reach the egg, teach you the manner of acting on the water with your feet and hands,... | |
 | John S Skinner - 1825 - 436 pages
...Round Top nouitain, and another in Bucks county, Pennsyf141 the power o 1 " the water to support y-iii, and learn to confide in that power, while your endeavours to overcome it, and to reach the egs, teach you the manner of acting on the water with your feet and hands, which action is afterwards... | |
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