 Once or twice in my life I have been placed in circumstances of the greatest peril, and I now experienced the same dead calm in which my feelings always were sunk on these occasions. I knew that every step we took was gained from the chance of a horrible...  The Story of Mont Blanc - Page 183by Albert Smith - 1853 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Children's literature - 1865 - 202 pages
...feelings always were sunk on those occasions. At last we got under the shelter of the Eochers Eouges, and then we were in comparative safety ; since, were...its course on to the plateau we had just quitted. As we reached the almost perpendicular wall of ice below the Eochers Eouges, we came into the full... | |
 | Literature - 1852 - 638 pages
...death ; and yet the only thing that actually distressed me was, that the two front lanterns would Dot keep the same distance from one another — a matter...Rochers Rouges, and then we were in comparative safety ; •ince, were an avalanche to fall, they would turn its course on to the plateau we had just quitted.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...and sweep everything before it into the crevice. Everybody was aware of this ; and for three quarters of an hour we kept trudging hurriedly forward, scarcely...The Irishman, who had got a little ahead of us, was compelled to give in — he was done up and could go no farther. Indeed, it would have been madness... | |
 | Scotland - 1852 - 838 pages
...into the crevice. Everybody was aware of this ; and for three quarters of an hour we kept trndging hurriedly forward, scarcely daring to speak, and every...avalanche to fall, they would turn its course on to the platean we had just quitted. A small council was assembled there. The Irishman, who had got a little... | |
 | England - 1852 - 790 pages
...same dead c:ilm in which my feelings always were sunk on these oceasions. I knew that every step wo took was gained from the chance of a horrible death...The Irishman, who had got a little ahead of us, was compelled to give in — he was done up and could go no farther. Indeed, it would have been madness... | |
 | David Bogue - Savoy (France and Italy) - 1852 - 416 pages
...above us in such cold and deceitful tranquillity. " At last we got under the shelter of the Bochers Rouges, and then we were in comparative safety; since,...its course on to the plateau we had just quitted. " It was now fearfully cold; and every now and then a sharp north-east wind nearly cut us into pieces,... | |
 | Harold Spender - Alps - 1912 - 316 pages
...distressed me was, that the two front lanterns would not keep the same distance from one another—a matter of the most utter unimportance to everybody....The Irishman, who had got a little ahead of us, was compelled to give in—he was done up and could go no farther. Indeed, it would have been madness to... | |
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