 | 1844 - 454 pages
...than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade of more than twenty inches, with sharp edges. Finding, when on the terrace, that the lowness of...exactly like a hatchway on board ship, having a light cover of painted canvas stretched on a wooden frame. This opening he allowed to remain uncovered, that... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade of more than twenty inches, with sharp edges. Finding, when on the terrace, that the lowness of...exactly like a hatchway on board ship, having a light cover of painted canvas stretched on a wooden frame. This opening he allowed to remain uncovered, that... | |
 | 1844 - 688 pages
...attack. The perpendicular height of the stair was considerable, winding round a central stem. It was of peculiar construction, supported by four wooden posts,...exactly like a hatchway on board ship, having a light cover of painted canvas stretched on a wooden frame. This opening he allowed to remain uncovered, that... | |
 | 1845 - 356 pages
...attack. The perpendicular height of the stair was considerable, winding round a central stem. It was of peculiar construction, supported by four wooden posts,...exactly like a hatchway on board ship, having a light cover of painted canvass stretched on a wooden frame. This opening he allowed to remain uncovered,... | |
 | 1846 - 626 pages
...winding round a central it«m. It was of a peculiar construction, supported by four wooden posts, °pcn on all sides, and so narrow as to allow only a single armed man to • Of whom the writer of this was one. In a few minutes, hearing an assailant coming up, he prepared... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1917 - 332 pages
...the steepness and narrowness of the staircase, which allowed only a CHAP, xvn] VIZIER ALI 173 single man to ascend at a time. It opened at once to the terrace, like a hatchway on board ship; but it had only a light cover of painted canvas stretched on a wooden... | |
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Davis was directed, with her two female servants and the children, to sit down near the centre of the terrace, while Mr Davis took his station on one knee at the trap-door of the stair, waiting for the expected attack. The perpendicular height of the... 