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... land . The prediction of Macleod was soon verified . Scarcely had they got out to sea , when a terrible tempest arose , and the rain poured down in a deluge . Their situa- tion became perilous in the extreme ; they had neither compass ...
... land . The prediction of Macleod was soon verified . Scarcely had they got out to sea , when a terrible tempest arose , and the rain poured down in a deluge . Their situa- tion became perilous in the extreme ; they had neither compass ...
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... land in Loch Seaforth , whence they had to travel thirty miles , over a wet and trackless moor . The distance was increased by the stupidity of their guide , who led them several miles out of their way . It was not till the next day at ...
... land in Loch Seaforth , whence they had to travel thirty miles , over a wet and trackless moor . The distance was increased by the stupidity of their guide , who led them several miles out of their way . It was not till the next day at ...
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... land on Scalpa was frustrated by four fellows laying hands upon the boat the moment it touched the beach ; a circumstance which induced them to push out to sea . The wind fell , and they had to row all night , though almost fainting for ...
... land on Scalpa was frustrated by four fellows laying hands upon the boat the moment it touched the beach ; a circumstance which induced them to push out to sea . The wind fell , and they had to row all night , though almost fainting for ...
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... land , before they perceived that it was covered with soldiers . Hastily reversing their course , they plied their oars vigorously , regardless of the threats of the soldiers . The threats were followed by volleys of musketry ; the ...
... land , before they perceived that it was covered with soldiers . Hastily reversing their course , they plied their oars vigorously , regardless of the threats of the soldiers . The threats were followed by volleys of musketry ; the ...
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... land , which was half bog , half precipice , and ventured in it to Raasay . He returned speedily , bringing with him Malcolm Macleod , his boat , and two stout boatmen . At parting from his hostess , who had lost all her dread of being ...
... land , which was half bog , half precipice , and ventured in it to Raasay . He returned speedily , bringing with him Malcolm Macleod , his boat , and two stout boatmen . At parting from his hostess , who had lost all her dread of being ...
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Narratives of Peril and Suffering, Volym 2 Richard Alfred Davenport Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1840 |
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Sida 37 - ... questions what was the intention of Charles ; and conjured him to dissuade the Prince from it, saying, that no reward could be any temptation to them ; for if they betrayed the Prince, they must leave their country, as nobody would speak to them, except to curse them': whereas £ 30,000 was a great reward to a poor gentleman, who could go to Edinburgh or London with his money, where he- would find people enough to live with him, and eat his meat and drink his wine.
Sida 45 - situated in the face of a very rough, high and rocky mountain called Letternilichk, still a part of Benalder, full of great stones and crevices, and some scattered wood interspersed. The habitation, called the Cage, in the face of that mountain, was within a small thick bush of wood.
Sida 188 - One night while I was asleep, the clock of the Palais de Justice struck twelve and awoke me. I heard the gate open to relieve the sentry ; but I fell asleep again immediately. In this sleep I dreamed that I was standing in the Rue St. Honore, at the corner of the Rue de I'Echelle.
Sida 45 - Cage ; and by chance there happened to be two stones at a small distance from one another, in the side next the precipice, resembling the pillars of a chimney, where the fire was placed. The smoke had its vent out here, all along the face of the rock, which was so much of the same colour, that one could discover no difference in the clearest day. The Cage was no larger than to contain six or seven persons ; four of whom were frequently employed playing at cards, one idle looking on, one baking, and...
Sida 352 - About this time many idle tales were circulated through the country concerning several of the men finding their way to the shafts, and being recovered. Their number was circumstantially told — how they subsisted on candles, oats, and beans — how they heard the persons, who visited the mine on the day of the accident, and the Wednesday following, but were too feeble to speak sufficiently loud to make themselves heard. Some conjurer, too, it was said, had set his spells and divinations to work,...
Sida 346 - ... or ventilators of the mine discover them, and wash them off, or they ignite at the workmen's candles. Blasts occurring in partial stagnations, as in the face of one or two boards, though they generally scorch the persons in their way, seldom kill them; but when the air has proceeded lazily for several days through a colliery, and an extensive magazine of fire-damp is ignited in the wastes, then the whole mine is instantly illuminated with the most brilliant lightning the expanded fluid drives...
Sida 434 - Schweitz, we met with the dead body of a woman, which had been just found. It was stretched out on a board, and barely covered with a white cloth. Two men, preceded by a priest, were carrying it to a more decent burial. We hoped that this sight would have concluded the horrors of this day's scenery, and that we should soon escape this painful vestige of the calamity of Schweitz.
Sida 44 - It was situated in the face of a very rough, high, and rocky mountain, called Letternilichk, still a part of Benalder, full of great stones and crevices, and some scattered wood interspersed. The habitation called the Cage, in the face of that mountain, was within a small thick bush of wood.
Sida 45 - ... levelled with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, growing naturally on their own roots, some stakes fixed in the earth, which, with the trees, were interwoven with ropes, made of heath and birch twigs...