 I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet water; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold...  The Ladies' Companion - Էջ 1711835Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Thomas Jefferson Chapman - 1887 - 224 էջ
...day's work ; we next got it launched, then went on board of it and set off, but before we were half-way over we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that...ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try and stop the raft that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with such violence... | |
 | George Washington - 1887 - 122 էջ
...work ; we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off ; but before we were half-way over we were jammed in the ice, in such a manner that...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 560 էջ
...head of Piney Creek." — Gist. finished just after Sun-setting. This was a whole Day's Work. Then set off; But before we were Half Way over, we were...Moment our Raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put-out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by ; when the Rapidity of... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 էջ
...about with but one poor Hatchet, and finished just after Sun-setting. This was a whole Day's Work. Then set off ; But before we were Half Way over, we were...I put out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, . . . when the Rapidity of the Stream . . . jerked me out into ten Feet Water : but I fortunately saved... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - 1898 - 716 էջ
...finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole> day's work; we next got it launched, then went on board of it and set off; but before we were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole... | |
 | Louis Albert Banks - 1902 - 426 էջ
...work ; we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off ; but before we were half-way over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that...expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity... | |
 | Eugene Parsons - 1903 - 192 էջ
...about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sunsetting. This was a whole day's work. Then set off; but before we were half way over, we were...my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the , i ice might pass by: when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole,... | |
 | Charles Alexander McMurry - 1904 - 288 էջ
...day's work ; we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off; but before we were halfway over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that...raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
 | Edward Channing - 1904 - 166 էջ
...sun-setting. We got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off; but before we were half-way over, 5 we were jammed in the ice in such a manner, that we...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
 | H. C. Stiefel - 1905 - 232 էջ
...finished just after sunsetting. This was a whole day's work. We next got it launched, then went on board of it and set off, but before we were half way over...ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try and stop the raft that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much... | |
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