 | 1820 - 208 pages
...pressing. Every one ran on deck, but no one dared to go further; they contented themselves with firing oft' several muskets; but the animal, lashing the sea with...his tail, and opening his frightful jaws, was just abouttoseizehisprey. In this terrible exQ2 tremity, what strong men would not venture to attempt, filial... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...several carbines; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tail, and opening his frightful jaws, was now just about to seize his prey. In this terrible extremity,...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre; he threw himself into the sea; then plunging with the velocity of a fish,... | |
 | 1831 - 412 pages
...deck, but no one dared to go farther; they contented themselves with firing off several carbines ; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tail, and opening his frightful jaws, was now just about to seize his prey. In this terrible extremity, what strong men would not venture to... | |
 | Romani - 1845 - 796 pages
...ran on deck, but no one dared go further ; they fired off several muskets with little effect ; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tail, and opening...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre ; he threw himself into the sea ; then diving with the velocity of a fish,... | |
 | Emily Marshall - 1846 - 308 pages
...to go farther ; they contented themselves with firing off several muskets with little effect ; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tail, and opening...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre ; he threw himself into the sea ; then diving with the velocity of a fish,... | |
 | Ireland. National Education Board - 1851 - 368 pages
...dared to go farther; they contented themselves with firing off several muskets with little effect ; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tail, and opening...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre ; he threw himself into the sea ; then diving with the velocity of a fish,... | |
 | 1857 - 498 pages
...to go farther ; they contented themselves with firing off several muskets, with little effect ; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tail, and opening...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre; he threw himself into the sea; then diving with the velocity of a fish, he... | |
 | Scenes - 1858 - 170 pages
...ran on deck, but no one dared go further ; they fired off several muskets with little effect ; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tail, and opening...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre ; he threw himself into the sea ; then diving with the velocity of a fish,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...animal, lashing the sea with its tail, and opening its frightful jaws, was just about to seize its prey. In this terrible extremity, what strong men...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre; he threw himself into the sea; then diving with the velocity of a fish, he... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 528 pages
...with firing off several muskets with little effect ; and the animal, lashing the sea with his tafl, and opening his frightful jaws, was just about to...child to execute. Little Volney armed himself with a broad and pointed sabre; he threw himself into the sea; then diving with the velocity of a fish, he... | |
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... to his breast, Beckner perceived at a distance a shark advancing directly towards him. He called out for assistance. The danger was pressing. Every one ran on deck, but no one dared to go farther ; they contented themselves with firing off several... 
