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" Deprived of the view of the beacon on which they had relied, they now experienced the double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward, however; but, when they arrived at the point from which they ought to have seen the crag, it was no longer... "
The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last ... - Page 14
by Walter Scott - 1833
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The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 5

English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...here then they experienced the double agony of terror and suspence. They struggled forward, however; but, when they arrived at the point from which they...of snowy foam as high as the mast of a first rate man, of war, against the dark brow of the precipice. ' " The countenance of the old man fjil. Isabella...
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The Antiquary, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Scotland - 1816 - 328 pages
...here then they experienced the double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward however; but, when they arrived at the point from which they...prodigious sheets of snowy foam as high as the mast of a firsf-rate man of-war, against the dark brow of the precijuce. The countenance of the old man fell....
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The Augustan review, Volume 3

1816 - 676 pages
...double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward however; but, when they arrived at i In- point from which they ought to have seen the crag,...prodigious sheets of snowy foam as high as the mast of a first-rate man-ofwar, against the dark brow of the precipice. " The countenance of the old man fell....
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The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 5

English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...experienced the double agony of terror and suspence. They struggled forward, however; but, when the}' arrived at the point from which they ought to have...rose in prodigious sheets of snowy foam as high as ths must of a first rate man of war, against the dark bro'.v of the precipice. " 'My father! my dear...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 15

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1816 - 686 pages
...here then they experienced the double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward however; but, when they arrived at the point from which they...it was no longer visible. The signal of safety was last amidst a thousand while breakers, which, dashing upon ihe point of the promontory, rose in prodigious...
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The antiquary. By the author of 'Waverley'.

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 248 pages
...here then they experienced the double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward however; but, when they arrived at the point from which they...prodigious sheets of snowy foam as high as the mast of a first-rate man-of-war, against the dark brow of the precipice. The countenance of the old man fell....
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Landscape-historical Illustrations of Scotland, and the Waverley ..., Volume 1

George Newenham Wright - Electronic books - 1836 - 250 pages
...bent their eyes towards the black rock pointed out by Ochiltree. The signal of safety was lost amongst a thousand white breakers, which, dashing upon the...prodigious sheets of snowy foam as high as the mast of a first-rate man-of-war, against the dark brow of the precipice. . . . The countenance of the old man...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...relied, they now experienced the double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward, however ; but, when they arrived at the point from which they...prodigious sheets of snowy foam as high as the mast of a firstrate man-of-war, against the dark brow of the precipice. The countenance t>f the old man fell....
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Waverley Novels ...: The Antiquary

Walter Scott - 1841 - 368 pages
...relied, they now experienced the double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward, however; but, when they arrived at the point from which they...prodigious sheets of snowy foam, as high as the mast of a first-rate man-of-war, against the dark brow of the precipice. The countenance of the old man fell....
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The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 pages
...longer visible. The signal of safety was lost among a thousand white breakers, which, dashing upon iht point of the promontory, rose in prodigious sheets...precipice. The countenance of the old man fell. Isabella gm _ faint shriek, and, "God have mercy upon us!" which her guide solemnly uttered, was pitaoojf echoed...
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