 | Adventure and adventurers - 1826 - 638 pages
...though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could he of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion of this rivetfed me as if to the... | |
 | Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...; though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse,...out of this danger, and the full persuasion of this rivettcd me as if to the spot where I stood. On the 1 5th, the same appearance of moving pillars of... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Ethiopia - 1830 - 560 pages
...name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse,...out of this danger, and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness,... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 pages
...name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying : the swiftest horse,...out of this danger, and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood." The appearance of these phantoms of the plain, as Bruce... | |
 | 1831 - 548 pages
...though surely one of the ingredients was fear, with a considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no service to carry us out of the danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me to the spot where... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - Bible - 1832 - 1060 pages
...; though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse,...danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where 1 I stood, and let the camels gain on me во much in my state of lameness, that... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Explorers - 1832 - 446 pages
...one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in Tain to think of flying : the swiftest horse or fastest...danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood." The appearance of these phantoms of the plain, as Bruce terms them, sent... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - Generals - 1832 - 494 pages
...considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in Tain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, the fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry...danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood."* In the next chapter we shall have to trace the conduct of General Baird... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship would be of •no use to carry us out of this danger : and the full persuasion of this rivetted me... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1838 - 702 pages
...with a considerable deal of wonder. It was ш vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or safest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of" this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted us to the spot where we stood.' On the vast ocean, analogous to this, is the waterspout. A... | |
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It was 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 this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my... 
