 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 452 pàgines
...peculiarly discouraging. The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the bank above lined with centinels, the landing-place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the day-time. All these difficulties We're... | |
 | William Russell - 1802 - 514 pàgines
...boldness of this plan, which was conceived while Wolfe was confined by sickness, recommended it to his generous and intrepid spirit. The stream was rapid,...could not think that a descent would be attempted in defiance of so many obstacles. It was effected, however, with equal judgment and vigour. Wolfe himself... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 342 pàgines
...peculiarlyxliscouraging. The stream was rapid, th* N shore shelving, the bank above lined with centinels, the landing-place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the day-time. All these difficulties, however,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 386 pàgines
...peculiarly discouraging. The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the bank above lined with sentinels, the landing-place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in •the day-time. All these difficulties,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 580 pàgines
...stream was rapid ; the shore shelving ; the bank of the river lined with sentinels ; the landing place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark ; and the ground so difficult as hardly to be surmounted in the daytime, had no opposition been expected. If... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 576 pàgines
...stream was rapid ; the shore shelving; the bank of the river lined with sentinels ; the landing place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark ; and the ground so difficult as hardly to be surmounted in the daytime, had no opposition been expected. If... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 310 pàgines
...discouraging. The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the bank above lined with centinels, the landing place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the sleepiness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the day-time. All these difficulties, however... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 396 pàgines
...peculiarly discouraging. The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the bank above lined with ceutinels, the landing-place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the clay-time. 'All these difficulties,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pàgines
...discouraging. The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the banks above lined with sentinels, the landing place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the day-time. All these difficulties, however,... | |
 | William Russell - 1822 - 486 pàgines
...generous and intrepid spirit. The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the intended landing place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and...could not think that a descent would be attempted in defiance of so many obstacles. It was affected, however, with great spirit and address. Wolfe himself... | |
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The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the bank above lined with sentinels, the landing-place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the daytime. 
