 | 1830 - 398 Seiten
...upon the bands of his assailants, and with a port the most noble and imposing that can be conceived. We expected every instant to see one or more of them torn in pieces ', and though the rest of thft party were standing within fifty paces with their guns cocked and levelled,... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827 - 576 Seiten
...witnessed. The danger of our friends however rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy cither the grand or the ludicrous part of the picture. We...for their assistance. One was lying under the lion's feet, and the others scrambling towards us in such a way as to intercept our aim upon him. All this... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827 - 552 Seiten
...was the most magnificent thing I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends however rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the...them torn in pieces, — nor, though the rest of the paity were standing within fifty paces with their guns cocked and levelled, durst we fire for their... | |
 | 1828 - 390 Seiten
...however, of our friends, rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the luJicrous part of the picture. We expected every instant to...for their assistance. One was lying under the lion's feet, and the others scrambling towards us, in such a way as to intercept our aim upon him. All this... | |
 | 1828 - 612 Seiten
...the most magnificent thing I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends, however, rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the...see one or more of them torn in pieces; nor, though a band of us were standing within fifty paces with our guns cocked and levelled, durst we fire for... | |
 | James Rennie - 1829 - 440 Seiten
...the most magnificent thing I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends, however, rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the...for their assistance. One was lying under the lion's paw, and the others scrambling towards us in such a way as to intercept our aim at him. All this passed... | |
 | James Rennie - 1829 - 438 Seiten
...the most magnificent thing I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends, however, rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the...part of the picture. We expected every instant to see egg) pr more of them torn in pieces; nor, though the rest of the party were standing within fifty paces... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 Seiten
...the most magnificent tiling I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends, however, rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the...for their assistance. One was lying under the Lion's paw, and the others scrambling towards us in such a way as to intercept our aim at him. All this passed... | |
 | 1834 - 440 Seiten
...the most magnificent thing I ever -witnessed. The danger of our friends, however, rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the...for their assistance. One was lying under the lion's paw, and the others scrambling towards us in such a way as to intercept our aim at him. All this passed... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1834 - 400 Seiten
...the most magnificent thing I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends, however, rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the...for their assistance. One was lying under the lion's feet, and the others scrambling towards us, in such a way as to intercept our aim upon him. All this... | |
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... prostrate foe, looking round in conscious power and pride upon the bands of his assailants — and with a port the most noble and imposing that can be conceived. It was the most magnificent thing I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends, however,... 
