 By the time the cayman was within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation ; I instantly dropped the mast, sprung up, and jumped on his back, turning half round as I vaulted, so that I gained my seat with my face in a right position....  English Eccentrics and Eccentricities - Sayfa 326John Timbs tarafından - 1875 - 578 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 sayfa
...kept my position firmly, with my eye fixed steadfast on him. By the time the Cayman was within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation...face in a right position. I immediately seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. He now... | |
 | 1826 - 918 sayfa
...kept my position firmly, with my eye fixed steadfast on him. " By the time the cayman was within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation...face in a right position. I immediately seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. " He now... | |
 | 1826 - 626 sayfa
...kept my position firmly, with my eye fixed steadfast on him. ' By the time the Cayman was within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation...face in a right position. I immediately seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. ' He now... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1826 - 850 sayfa
...yards of me, I saw lie was in a state of fear and [wrturlmtion ; I instantly dropped the mast, »pruug up, and jumped on his back, turning half round as...gained my seat with my face In a right position. I immediiitvly «eixed hi« tore Ь-дя, and, by mnin force, twisted them on hi* bock ; thus they served... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 sayfa
...kept my position 6rmly, with my eye fixed steadfast on him.' ' By the time the Cayman was within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation; I instantly dropped the mast, sprung HJI, and jumped on his back, turning half round as I vaulted, so that I gained my seat with my face... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 518 sayfa
...baited hook fastened to a long rope, "they pulled the cayman," as he describes (p. 231.), "within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation...face in a right position. I immediately seized his * " There is a race of men hostile to the crocodile, called Tentyritae, from an island in the Nile... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 516 sayfa
...baited hook fastened to a long rope, "they pulled the cayman," as he describes (p. 231.), "within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation...his back, turning half round as I vaulted, so that J gained my seat with my face in a right position. I immediately seized his * " There is a race of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 sayfa
...nf tear and perturbation. I instantly dropped the mast, sprung up and jumped upon his back, taming half round as I vaulted, so that I gained my seat...face in a right position. I immediately seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle. ' lie now... | |
 | 1829 - 576 sayfa
...haited hook fastened to a long rope, " they pulled the cayman," as he descrihes (p. 23l), " within two yards of me ; I saw he was in a state of fear and perturhation ; I instantly dropped the mast, sprung up, and jumped on hin huck, turning half round... | |
 | 1830 - 318 sayfa
...hook fastened to a long rope, " they pulled the cayman," as he describes, " within two yards of me ; 1 saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation ; I...face in a right position. I immediately seized his fore legs, and by main force twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle." Herodotus... | |
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