 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended at least double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | John Leyden, James Morton - English poetry - 1819 - 524 pages
...down, declared that the adventurer must have descended, at least, double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | John Seacome - Isle of Man - 1821 - 556 pages
...to the hope of extirpating the fairy, and woe be to the individual birds of this species, who show themselves on this fatal day to the active enemies...! At such an extreme depth as this adventurer had «xplored, great wonders might reasonably be expected, and such he encountered, for when, after awaiting... | |
 | Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended at least double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended at least double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended at least double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended at least double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended at least double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | John Leyden, Walter Scott - Poetry - 1858 - 452 pages
...down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended at least double the number of leagues which the moon is computed to be distant from the earth. At such a depth, wonders might be expected, and wonderful was the account given by the adventurer, when drawn... | |
 | William Kneale - Isle of Man - 1866 - 238 pages
...assured the captain that the diver must have descended from the surface of the water more than twice the number of leagues that the moon is computed to be distant from the earth ! Having, therefore, no more rope, they were compelled to turn the wheel, which by degrees brought... | |
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... and kept pulling for more rope, till all they had on board was expended. This must have been no small quantity, for a skilful mathematician who was on board, judging from the proportion of line let down, declared, that the adventurer must have descended... 
