 | J. Cypress - 1842 - 272 pàgines
...were sharks ! I was the unsprung, or rather unchewed game, at which a pack of hunting sea-dogs was making a dead point ! There was one old fellow, that...time and mode of operation. Occasionally, he would skull himself up towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and... | |
 | J. Cypress - 1842 - 268 pàgines
...or to give instructions as to the time and mode of operation. Occasionally, he would skull himaelf up towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and rejoin the troupe, and flap his tail, and have another confabulation. The old... | |
 | 1843 - 434 pàgines
...tions as to the time and mode of operation. Occa sionally he would scull himself up towards me, an examine the condition of my flesh, and then glide...and again rejoin the troupe, and flap his tail, and hav another confabulation. The old rascal had no doub been out into the highways and byways, and collecte... | |
 | 1845 - 522 pàgines
...and now and then would stop and touch his nose against some of his comrades, and seem to consult, or give instructions as to the time and mode of operation. Occasionally he would skull himself up towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back and rejoin... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1852 - 342 pàgines
...and swelled, like a whirlpool in Hell-gate. " Of no long duration, however, was this fishy tourney. It seemed soon to be discovered that the prize contended...time and mode of operation. Occasionally, he would skull himself up towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1852 - 360 pàgines
...and swelled, like a whirlpool in Hell-gate. " Of no long duration, however, was this fishy tourney. It seemed soon to be discovered that the prize contended...time and mode of operation. Occasionally, he would skull himself up towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and... | |
 | William Trotter Porter - 1846 - 442 pàgines
...upon me. Basilisks and rattlesnakes ! how the fire of their steady eyes entered into my heart ! I WES the centre of a circle, whose radii were sharks !...time and mode of operation. Occasionally, he would skull himself up towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pàgines
...body. He glided around and about, and every now and then would stop, and touch his nose against some of his comrades, and seem to consult, or to give instructions...me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and rejoin the troupe, find flap his tail, and have another confabulation. The old... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pàgines
...boiiy. He glided around and about, and every now and then would stop, and touch his nose against some of his comrades, and seem to consult, or to give instructions...of operation. Occasionally, he would scull himself tip towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and rejoin the troupe,... | |
 | William Trotter Porter - 1858 - 480 pàgines
...their steady eyes entered into my heart ! I was the centre of a circle, whose radii were sharks ! I the unsprung, or rather unchewed game, at which a...time and mode of operation. Occasionally, he would skull himself up towards me, and examine the condition of my flesh, and then again glide back, and... | |
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There was one old fellow, that kept within the circumference of the circle. He seemed to be a sort of captain, or leader of the band ; or, rather, he acted as the coroner for the other twelve of the inquisition, that were summoned to sit on, and eat up... 
