 | Paul M. Zall - 204 σελίδες
...and ourselves to perish; I put out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by, when the Rapidity of the Stream threw it with so much Violence against the Pole, that it jirked me out into ten Feet Water, but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 σελίδες
...and ourselves to perish: I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with...violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into 10 feet of water, but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs; notwithstanding... | |
 | Sterling North - 2006 - 188 σελίδες
...and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by; when the Rapidity of the Stream threw it with...saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft Logs. They could not get across that night. But they did reach a barren island where they lay, freezing and... | |
 | Brandon Marie Miller - 2007 - 147 σελίδες
...Washington's pole. He tumbled into the freezing waters. Water-soaked clothes pulled his body down. "I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft Logs," he wrote. With a mighty effort he heaved himself back onto the raft. His clothes froze against his... | |
 | Morrison Heady - 1863 - 336 σελίδες
...and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pnle to try and stop the raft, that the ice might pass by when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much vio lence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten fee* of water : but I fortunately saved... | |
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... jammed in the ice, in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence... 
