 | Martin Martin - Saint Kilda (Scotland) - 1749 - 96 pages
...of it called the 'Ihumb, which is fo little, that of all the Parts of a Man's Body, the Thumb only can lay hold on it, and that muft be only for the...his Feet have no Support, nor any Part of his Body touch the Stone, except the Thumb, at D which which Minute he muft jump by the help of his Thumb, and... | |
 | Donald Monro - 1774 - 240 pages
...part of it called the Thumb, which is fo little, that of all the parts of a man's body, the thumb only can lay hold on it, and that muft be only for the fpace of one minute ; during which time his feet have no fupport, nor any part of his body touches... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1809 - 964 pages
...part of it called the Thumb, which is fo little, that of all the parts of a man's body, the thumb only can lay hold on it, and that muft be only for the fpace of one minute ; during which time his feet have no fupport, nor any part of his body touches... | |
 | Scotland - 1818 - 406 pages
...is so little, that of all the parts of a man's body the thumb only can lay hold on it, and that must be only for the space of one minute ; during which...touches the stone, except the thumb, in which minute he must jump by the help of his thumb, (the agility of his body concurring to raise him higher at the... | |
 | Scotland - 1818 - 412 pages
...is so little, that of all the parts of a man's body the thumb only can lay hold on it, and that must be only for the space of one minute ; during which...touches the stone, except the thumb, in which minute he must jump by the help of his thumb, (the agility of his body concurring to raise him higher at the... | |
 | Scotland - 1818 - 406 pages
...The soil is very grateful to the labourer, produc3 the thumb only can lay hold on it, and that must be only for the space of one minute; during which...touches the stone, except the thumb, in which minute he must jump by the help of his thumb, (the agility of his body concurring to raise him higher at the... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...so little, that of all the parts of a man's body, the thumb only can lay hold on it, and that must be only for the space of one minute, during which...touches the stone, except the thumb ; in which minute he must jump, by the help of his thumb, (the agility of his body concurring to raise him higher at the... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1878 - 1366 pages
...so little that of all the parts of a man's body th<» thumb only can lay hold on it ; and that must be only for the space of one minute, during which...his feet have no support, nor any part of his body touch the stone except the thumb. During this moment he must jump by the help of his thumb, the agility... | |
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Thumb, which is so little, that of all the parts of a man's body the thumb only can lay hold on it, and that must be only for the space of one minute ; during which time his feet have no support, nor any part of his body touches the stone, except the... 