 I endeavored to preserve my coolness, and thus we stood looking at one another without making any movement or uttering a word for perhaps ten minutes, when one at last, who seemed the leader, gave a sign that they wished for some tobacco; this I signified...  Essays: biographical sketches, 1841-1886 - Pągina 111per Asa Gray - 1889Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - 1837 - 664 pągines
...have if they fetched me a quantity of cones. They went off immediately in search of them ; and r/o sooner were they all out of sight, than I picked up...hurrying back to my camp, which I reached before dusk. Of my three cones, one measures 14J inches, and the two others are respectively half an inch and an... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 548 pągines
...the gun in my right, showed myself determined to fight for my life. As much as possible I endeavoured to preserve my coolness, and thus we stood looking...Indian who last undertook to be my guide to the trees, 1 sent off before gaining my encampment, lest he should betray me. How irksome is the darkness of night... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 652 pągines
...and no sooner were they all out of sight than I picked up my three cones and some twigs of the tree and made the quickest possible retreat, hurrying back to my camp, which I reached before dusk. The wood is remarkably fine-grained and heavy ; the leaves short and bright green, inserted, five together,... | |
 | 1860 - 512 pągines
...sight, than " I picked up my three cones and some twigs of the trees, and " made the quickest posssible retreat, hurrying back to my camp, " which I reached...my guide to the trees I sent off before gaining my encamp" ment, lest he should betray me. How irksome is the darkness " of night to one under my present... | |
 | 1875 - 416 pągines
...them string his bow, and another ; if they fetched me a quantity of cones. They went offimmedi:itely in search of them, and no sooner were they all out...he should betray me. How irksome is the darkness of the night to one under my present circumstances 1 I cannot speak a word to my guide, nor have I a book... | |
 | John Muir - 1894 - 410 pągines
...wished for some tobacco ; this I signified that they should have if they fetched a quantity of eones. They went off immediately in search of them, and no...made the quickest possible retreat, hurrying back to the camp, which I reached before dusk. ... I now write lying on the grass with my gun cocked beside... | |
 | John Muir - 1894 - 408 pągines
...They went off immediately in search of them, and no sooner were they all out of sight than I picked np my three cones and some twigs of the trees and made the quickest possible retreat, hurrying back to the camp, which I reached before dusk. ... I now write lying on the grass with my gun cocked beside... | |
 | William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - 1902 - 702 pągines
...some tobacco ; this I signified that they should have if they fetched a quantity of cones. They weni off immediately in search of them, and no sooner were...How irksome is the darkness of night to one under such circumstances ! I cannot speak a word to my guide, nor have I a book to divert my thoughts, which... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1905 - 496 pągines
...the gun in my right, showed myself determined to fight for my life. As much as possible I endeavoured to preserve my coolness, and thus we stood looking...made the quickest possible retreat, hurrying back to camp, which I reached before dusk. The Indian who last undertook to be my guide to the trees, I sent... | |
 | Charles Francis Saunders - 1914 - 376 pągines
...feet through near the ground. Occasionally individuals of (wice that thickness may be encountered. sight than I picked up my three cones and some twigs...of the trees and made the quickest possible retreat ... to the camp." In such picturesque fashion, were the first seeds of what is perhaps the noblest... | |
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