 The light breeze enables them to reach another harbor, a few miles distant ; one which, like the last, lies concealed from the ocean by some other rocky isle. Arrived there, they react the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For a week...  The Missouri River journal 1843 (continued) Episodes - Sida 392efter John James Audubon - 1897Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1850 - 342 sidor
...shark.' " But the master, soon recollecting that so many eggs are worth a dollar or a crown, caste his eye towards the rock, marks the day in his memory,...they re-act the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For a week, each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1869 - 460 sidor
...them, as with clumsy fingers they clear their drowsy eyes ; slowly they rise on their feet. See now the lubbers stretch out their arms and yawn ; you shrink...they react the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For a week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached... | |
 | John James Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell Audubon - 1875 - 674 sidor
...them, as with clumsy fingers they clear their drowsy eyes ; slowly they rise on their feet. See how the lubbers stretch out their arms and yawn ; you shrink...few miles distant ; one which, like the last, lies con cealed from the ocean by some other rocky isle. Arrived there, they react the scene of yesterday,... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1900 - 468 sidor
...on their feet. See how the lubbers stretch out their arms and yawn ; you shrink back, for veiiiy ' that throat might frighten a shark.' But the master,...few miles distant ; one which, like the last, lies con cealed from the ocean by some other rocky isle. Arrived there, they react the scene of yesterday,... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1901 - 398 sidor
...Startled by the light of day, one of the eggers springs to his feet and arouses his companions. . . . The master, soon recollecting that so many eggs are...enables them to reach another harbor a few miles distant in which, like the last, lies concealed from the ocean some other rocky isle. Arriving there they react... | |
 | Clarence Moores Weed, Ned Dearborn - 1903 - 436 sidor
...Startled by the light of day, one of the eggers springs to his feet and arouses his companions. . . . The master, soon recollecting that so many eggs are...them to reach another harbor a few miles distant, in which, like the last, lies concealed from the ocean some other rocky isle. Arriving there they reenact... | |
 | Boston Society of Natural History - 1907 - 804 sidor
...pass the short hours of night in turbid slumber The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which, like the last, lies...they re-act the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For a week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached... | |
 | Charles Wendell Townsend, Glover Morrill Allen - 1907 - 166 sidor
...pass the short hours of night in turbid slumber The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which, like the last, lies...they re-act the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For a week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached... | |
 | Charles Wendell Townsend - 1907 - 314 sidor
...short hours of night in turbid slumber. . . . The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which, like the last, lies...they re-act the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For a week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached... | |
 | Charles Wendell Townsend - 1908 - 312 sidor
...short hours of night in turbid slumber. . . . The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which, like the last, lies...they re-act the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For a week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, 259 until, having reached... | |
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