 | 1834 - 324 Seiten
...my brain turned dizzy as I looked up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was comparatively easy to ascend — but to descend...— my head swam round, and my stomach felt sick at thought of the perils comprised in that one word. There was nothing above him or around him but the... | |
 | 1834 - 426 Seiten
...my brain turned dizzy as I looked Up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was comparatively easy to ascend— but to descend...— my head swam round, and my stomach felt sick at thought of the perils comprised in that one word. There was nothing above him or around him but the... | |
 | 1834 - 320 Seiten
...comparatively easy to ascend — but to descend — my head swam round, and my stomach felt sick at thought of the perils comprised in that one word. There was nothing above him or around him but the empty air — and beneath him, nothing but a point, a mere point — a small, unstable wheel, that... | |
 | William Leggett - 1834 - 192 Seiten
...I looked up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was com. paratively easy to ascend — but to descend — my head swam round, and my stomach felt sick, at the H thought of the perils comprised in that one word. There was nothing above him or around him hut the... | |
 | William Leggett - 1834 - 192 Seiten
...paratively easy to ascend—but to descend-^my head swam round, and my stomach felt sick, at the H thought of the perils comprised in that one word. There was nothing above him or around him hut the empty air—and beneath him, nothing but a point, a mere point—a small, unstable wheel, that... | |
 | 1835 - 538 Seiten
...my brain turned dizzy as I looked up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was comparatively easy to ascend — but to descend...him or around him but empty air— and beneath him nothing but a point, a mere point — a small unstable wheel, that seemed no bigger from the deck than... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 460 Seiten
...my brain turned dizzy as I looked up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was comparatively easy to ascend — but to descend...— my head swam round, and my stomach felt sick at thought of the perils comprised in that one word. There was nothing above him or around him but the... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 Seiten
...my brain turned dizzy aa I looked up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was comparatively easy to ascend — but to descend...— my head swam round, and my stomach felt sick, A the thought of the perils comprised in that one word There was nothing above or around him but empty... | |
 | 1843 - 402 Seiten
...my brain turned dizzy as I looked up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was comparatively easy to ascend — but to descend — my head swam round, and my stomach fell sick, at the thought of the perils comprised in th.it one word. There was nothing above him or... | |
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circular piece of wood on the very summit of the loftiest mast, and at a height so great from the deck that my brain turned dizzy as I looked up at him. The reverse of Virgil's line was true in this instance. It was comparatively easy to ascend — but... 
