How the spray from their oars glittered in the sun ; and how their wake lengthened with every stroke ! No spectator from the shore (if there had been any) could have doubted that the boat was in pursuit of the skiff, and would snap it up presently. Rolf... Feats on the Fiord: A Tale of Norway - Page 109by Harriet Martineau - 1846 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
| Harriet Martineau - Norway - 1841 - 398 pages
...could have doubted that the boat was in pursuit of the skiff, and would snap it up presently. Rolf saw that he had five determined foes, gaining upon...through their fingers ; and then he began to row. Rolf did not over -heat himself with too much exertion. He permitted his foes to gain a little upon... | |
| Literature - 1848 - 634 pages
...could have doubted that the boat was in pursuit of the skiff, and would snap it up presently. Rolf saw that he had five determined foes, gaining upon...through their fingers ; and then he began to row. Rolf did not over-heat himself with too much exertion. He permitted his foes to gain a little upon... | |
| Harriet Martineau - English fiction - 1846 - 462 pages
...could have doubted that the boat was in pursuit of the skiff, and would snap it up presently. Kolf saw that he had five determined foes, gaining upon...through • their fingers ; and then he began to row. Kolf did not over-heat himself with too much exertion. He permitted his foes to gain a little upon... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 316 pages
...saw that he had five determined foes, gaining upon him every instant; and yet he was not alarmed. He had his reasons for thinking himself safe near Vogel...for a moment the time of the tide, he was quite at bis ease. As he took his oars, he smiled at the hot haste of his pursuers, and at the thought of the... | |
| Harriet Martineau - Norway - 1865 - 234 pages
...their wake lengthened with every stroke! No spectator from the shore (if there had been any) could have doubted that the boat was in pursuit of the skiff,...through their fingers ; and then he began to row. Eolf did not overheat himself with too much exertion. He permitted his foes to gain a little upon him,... | |
| Literature - 1900 - 424 pages
...every instant ; and yet he was not alarmed. He had had his reasons for thinking himself safe near Yogel Islet ; and calculating for a moment the time of the...slipped through their fingers; and then he began to row. Rolf did not overheat himself with too much exertion. He permitted his foes to gain a little upon him,... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1905 - 700 pages
...doubted that the boat was in pursuit of IN PURSUIT. the skjff. and wouM snap it up presently. Rolf saw that he had five determined foes, gaining upon...through their fingers ; and then he began to row. really believed that he was not aware of being their object, and hoped to seize him suddenly, before... | |
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