 I got upon my feet, and endeavoured to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and take me up again. But I soon found it was impossible to avoid it ; for I saw the sea come after me as high as a great hill, and as...  Parliamentary Papers - Page 229by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Defoe - 1887 - 490 pages
...the main land than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavored to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...it was impossible to avoid it ; for I saw the sea coming after me as high as a great hill, and as furious as an enemy, which I had no means or strength... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavored. to make on toward the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...great hill, and as furious as an enemy which I had no strength to contend with. My business was to hold my breath, and raise myself upon the water, if I... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 420 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavored to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...which I had no means or strength to contend with. My business was to hold my breath, and raise myself upon the water, if I could; and so, by swimming,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 438 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavoured to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...which I had no means or strength to contend with. My business was to hold my breath, and raise myself upon the water, if I could ; and so, by swimming,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - Castaways - 1896 - 458 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavoured to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...enemy, which I had no means or strength to contend with : my business was to hold my breath, and raise myself upon the water, if I could ; and so by swimming... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Readers - 1897 - 330 pages
...the main land than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavored to make on towards the land as fast as I could before another wave should return and take...found it was impossible to avoid it, for I saw the sea coming after me as high as a great hill, and as furious as an enemy, which I had no means or strength... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Anthologies - 1897 - 492 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavored to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...found it was impossible to avoid it; for I saw the sea coming after me as high as a great hill, and as furious as an enemy which I had no means or strength... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1899 - 544 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavored to make on toward the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...enemy, which I had no means or strength to contend with : my business was to hold my breath, and raise myself upon the water if I could ; and so, by swimming,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1902 - 864 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavoured to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and...enemy, which I had no means or strength to contend with — my business was to hold my breath, and raise myself upon the water, if I could ; and so, by swimming,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1902 - 860 pages
...the mainland than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavoured to make on toward* the land as fast ;~; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;q> ; ;C= ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ? ? ? ? ? ? ; ; ; > < ; ? ; ; < ; ; ? ? ? ? ; ; ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; ; ; — my business was to hold my breath, and raise myself upon the water, if I could ; and so, by swimming,... | |
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