| Tobias Smollett - 1773 - 506 Seiten
...was brackifli and full of worms, and the hent of the climate fuffocating. ' The trees, lays he, ftood fo thick, and the place was fo overgrown with underwood, that we could not fee three yards before •jls, we therefore were obliged to keeo contiiiniily hallooing to each other to prevent our being... | |
| Several Hands - 1774 - 622 Seiten
...the Centurion. * After I had fixed upon a fpot for the tents, fix or fcven of us endeavoured to pufli through the woods, that we might come at the beautiful...fome cattle. The trees flood fo thick, and the place wat ft evergrown with mderwatd, that we could not fee three yards before ut, we therefore were obliged... | |
| 1774 - 690 Seiten
...place where Lord Anfon lay in the Centurion. .7* A^ter 1 nac* ^xei^ uPon a ^Pot *°rl^e tents» fi* or feven of us endeavoured to pufh through the woods,...account of Lord Anfon's Voyage, and if poffible kill feme cattle. The trees flood fo thick, and the plate was fo overgrown with underwood, that we ctuld... | |
| 1773 - 740 Seiten
...feafon let in. After I had fixed upon a fpot for the tents, fix or feven of us endeavoured to puih through the woods, that we might come at the beautiful...defcription in the account of Lord Anfon's voyage, and, if pcffible, to kill cattle. The trees ftood fo thick, and the place was fo overgrown with underwood,... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 524 Seiten
...season set in. After I had fixed upon a spot for the tents, six or seven of us endeavoured to push through the woods, that we might come at the beautiful lawns and meadows of which there is so luxuriant a description in the Account of Lord Anson's Voyage, and if possible kill some cattle.... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 428 Seiten
...of Byron — " After we had fixed upon a spot for the tents, six or seven of us endeavoured to push through the woods, that we might come at the beautiful lawns and meadows " already spoken of. " The trees stood so thick, and the place was so overgrown with underwood, that... | |
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