 He now seemed to have recovered from his surprise, and probably fancying himself in hostile company, he began to plunge furiously, and lashed the sand with his long and powerful tail. I was out of reach of the strokes of it, by being near his head. He...  The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Page 232by Sydney Smith - 1870 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Waterton - America - 1825 - 350 pages
...seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. He now seemed to have recovered from his surprise,...near his head. He continued to plunge and strike, and made my seat very uncomfortable. It must have been a fine sight for an unoccupied spectator. The people... | |
 | 1826 - 626 pages
...on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. ' He now seemed to have recovered from his surprize, and probably fancying himself in hostile company, he began to plunge furiously, and lashed lashed the sand with his long and powerful tail. I was out of reach of the strokes of it, by being... | |
 | 1826 - 918 pages
...seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. " He now seemed to have recovered from his surprise, and probably fancying himself in hustile company, he began to plunge furiously, and lashed the sand with his long and powerful tail.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1826 - 624 pages
...surprize, and probably fancying himself in hostile company, be began to plunge furiously, and lashed lashed the sand with his long and powerful tail. I was out of reach nl the strokes of it, by being near his head. He continued to plunge and strike, and made my scat very... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 809 pages
...his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. ' lie now seemed to have recovered from his surprise, and...and lashed the sand with his long and powerful tail. 1 was out of reach of the strokes of it, by being near his head. He continued to plunge and strike,... | |
 | Georges-Bernard Depping - Manners and customs - 1833 - 282 pages
...his forelegs, and by main force twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. " H.: now seemed to have recovered from his surprise, and...near his head. He continued to plunge and strike, and made my seat very uncomfortable. It must have been a fiae sight for an unoccupied spectator. "The people... | |
 | Charles Waterton - America - 1839 - 322 pages
...seized his fore-legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back; thus they served me for a bridle. He now seemed to have recovered from his surprise,...and probably fancying himself in hostile company, he begun to plunge furiously, and lashed the sand with his long and powerful tail. I was out of reach... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 836 pages
...seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they sirfed me for a bridle. ' He now seemed to have recovered from his surprise, and probably fancying himself in bostile company, he began to plunge furiously, and blied the land with his long and powerful tail,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. «He now seemed to have recovered from his surprise,...his head. He continued to plunge and -strike, and made my seat very uncomfortable. It must have been a fine sight for an unoccupied spectator. 1 The... | |
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