 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...find a sure footing on some grassy tuft, it proved treacherous, and only sunk us lower. Sometimes \ve came where no bottom was to* be felt, and were obliged...in some places, still remained in the ground. Had o;ir offerings been inflicted as a capital punishment, they would, even in that case, have been cruel... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - Sweden - 1813 - 502 pages
...came where no bottom was to be felt, and were obliged to measure back our weary steps. Our half-boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost in...case, have been cruel. What then had we to complain of? I wished I had never undertaken my journey, for all the elements seemed adverse. It rained and... | |
 | Charities - 1814 - 402 pages
...came where no bottom was to be felt, and were obliged to measure back our weary steps. Our half-boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost in some places still remained in the ground. I wished I had never undertaken my journey; for all the elements seemed adverse. It rained and blowed... | |
 | Daniel C. Carr - Botanists - 1844 - 128 pages
...came where no bottom was to be felt, and were obliged to measure back our weary steps. Our half-boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost in some places still remained on the ground. Had our sufferings been inflicted as a capital punishment, they would, even in that... | |
 | William Jardine - 1845 - 424 pages
...came where no bottom was to he felt, and were obliged to measure back our weary steps; our half-boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost in...case have been cruel. What then had we to complain of? I wished I had never undertaken the journey, for all the elements seemed adverse ; it rained and... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - Biography - 1853 - 360 pages
...came where no bottom was to be felt, and were obliged to measure back our weary steps; our half-boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost in some places still remained on the ground. Had ,our sufferings been inflicted as a capital punishment, they would even in that... | |
 | Sir John Richardson - Antarctica - 1861 - 438 pages
...find a sure footing on some grassy tuft, it proved treacherous, and only sunk us lower. Our half-boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost in some places still remained in the ground. I wondered how I escaped with life, though certainly not without excessive fatigue, and loss of strength."... | |
 | Robert Brown - 1876 - 362 pages
...find a sure footing on some grassy tuft it proved treacherous, and only sunk us lower. Our half-boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost in some places still remained on the ground. I wondered how I escaped with life, though certainly not without excessive fatigue and... | |
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Our half boots were filled with the coldest water, as the frost, in some places, still remained in the ground. Had our sufferings been inflicted as a capital punishment, they would, even in that case, have been cruel; what then had we to complain of?... 