 | Arminianism - 1816 - 1004 pages
...frequently sunk below the surface of the rocks, and then rose above it, the only time for landing was the moment it gained the level of the coast, a circumstance...rendered the attempt extremely nice and hazardous. Through the kindness of Providence, however, it succeeded. Both sledges gained the shore, and were... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1827 - 600 pages
...be driven forward, and as the whole body of the ice frequently sunk below the summits of the rorks and then rose above them ; the only time for landing...circumstance which rendered the attempt extremely nicc'hnd hazardous ; both sledifea, however, succeeded in gaining the shore, and were drawn up on the... | |
 | Universalism - 1828 - 396 pages
...almost to deprive them of thc'use of both their eyes and ears. To make land now was the only sorce that remained , but it was with the utmost difficulty...great difficulty ; scarcely had they reached it when the part of the ice from which they had just escaped, burst asunder, and the water rushing from beneath,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...thousand pieces against the precipices with a dreadful noise ; which, added to the raging of the sea, the roaring of the wind, and the driving of the snow,...great difficulty ; scarcely had they reached it, when the part of the ice from which they had just escaped burst asunder, and the water, rushing from beneath,... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1836 - 430 pages
...then rose above them, the only time for landing was the moment it gained the level of the coast—a circumstance which rendered the attempt extremely...sledges, however, succeeded in gaining the shore, though not without great difficulty. Scarcely had they reached it, when that part of the ice from which... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Commercial geography - 1837 - 612 pages
...the summits of the rocks, and then rose above them, the only time for landing was the moment it gamed the level of the coast, — a circumstance which rendered...that part of the ice from which they had just escaped burst asunder, and the water, rushing up from beneath, instantly precipitated it into the ocean. In... | |
 | Henry Duncan - God - 1839 - 422 pages
...frequently sank below the summits of the rocks, and then rose above them, the only time for landing was the moment it gained the level of the coast — a...sledges, however, succeeded in gaining the shore, though not without great difficulty. Scarcely had they reached it, when that part of the ice from which... | |
 | Frozen stream - 1846 - 162 pages
...frequently sank below the summits of the rocks, and then rose above them, the only time for landing was the moment it gained the level of the coast, — a...sledges, however, succeeded in gaining the shore, though not without great difficulty. Scarcely had they reached it, when that part of the ice, from... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1847 - 430 pages
...frequently sank below the summits of the rocks, and then rose above them, the only time for landing was the moment it gained the level of the coast — a...sledges, however, succeeded in gaining the shore, though not without great difficulty. Scarcely had they reached it, when that part of the ice from which... | |
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 888 pages
...below the summits of the rocks and then rose above them, the only time for landing was the moment when it gained the level of the coast — a circumstance...sledges, however, succeeded in gaining the shore, though not without great difficulty. Scarcely had they reached it, when that part of the ice" from... | |
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... below the summits of the rocks, and then rose above them, the only time for landing was the moment it gained the level of the coast — a circumstance which rendered the attempt extremely nice and hazardous. " Both sledges, however, succeeded in gaining... 
