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... means of her Farthin- gales . Account of a remarkable Shipwreck on the Sus- sex Coast . Bussard's extraordinary Narrative . Di- rections for recovering drowned persons . VARIOUS are the causes which induced individuals to commit the ...
... means of her Farthin- gales . Account of a remarkable Shipwreck on the Sus- sex Coast . Bussard's extraordinary Narrative . Di- rections for recovering drowned persons . VARIOUS are the causes which induced individuals to commit the ...
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... means . A most extraordinary instance of escape from drowning in this manner , we have an account of in the narrative of Captain Campbell , who sailed from Goa in the year 1782 , and was wrecked on the Malabar coast . Captain Camp- bell ...
... means . A most extraordinary instance of escape from drowning in this manner , we have an account of in the narrative of Captain Campbell , who sailed from Goa in the year 1782 , and was wrecked on the Malabar coast . Captain Camp- bell ...
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... mean , however , which tends to improve the art of swimming is exceedingly use- ful , and the improvement of the art ... means of these pallets , but they fatigued my wrists . I also fitted to the soles of my feet a kind of sandals ; but ...
... mean , however , which tends to improve the art of swimming is exceedingly use- ful , and the improvement of the art ... means of these pallets , but they fatigued my wrists . I also fitted to the soles of my feet a kind of sandals ; but ...
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... means of procuring a progressive motion . " When he is seized with the cramp in the leg the me- thod of driving it away is to give the parts affected a sudden , vigorous , and violent shock ; which he may dỡ in the air as he swims on ...
... means of procuring a progressive motion . " When he is seized with the cramp in the leg the me- thod of driving it away is to give the parts affected a sudden , vigorous , and violent shock ; which he may dỡ in the air as he swims on ...
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... means of stopping a diarrhoea , and even of producing a constipa- tion . With respect to those who do not know how to swim , or who are affected with a diarrhoea , at a season which does not permit them to use that exercise , a warm ...
... means of stopping a diarrhoea , and even of producing a constipa- tion . With respect to those who do not know how to swim , or who are affected with a diarrhoea , at a season which does not permit them to use that exercise , a warm ...
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Page 41 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 48 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.
Page 121 - Because a man may shoot as truly with a bow as with a common musket.
Page 72 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies, He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies : And he that will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as Hell shall bind him fast.
Page 14 - I returned ; and loosing from the stake the string, with the little stick which was fastened to it, went again into the water, where I found, that lying on my back and holding the stick in my hands, I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner.
Page 185 - They soon met, and, in the fury of their first encounter, appeared in an instant firmly twisted together ; and, whilst their united tails beat the ground, they mutually tried with open jaws to lacerate each other. What a fell aspect did they present ! Their...
Page 12 - The exercise of swimming is one of the most healthy and agreeable in the world. After having swam for an hour or two in the evening, one sleeps coolly the whole night, even during the most ardent heats of summer. Perhaps the pores being cleansed, the insensible perspiration increases and occasions this coolness.
Page 266 - After the peace, I settled in the city of New York, in the practice of the law, and was in a very lucrative course of practice, when the derangement of our public affairs, by the feebleness of the general confederation, drew me again reluctantly into public life. I became a member of the Convention which framed the present Constitution of the United States...
Page 262 - I have ventured these last two days to look General Washington's whole force in the face in the position on the outside of my works, and have the pleasure to assure your Excellency that there is but one wish throughout the army, which is that the enemy would advance.
Page 187 - ... great folds, and by that operation rendered the other more than commonly -outstretched ; the next minute the new struggles of the black one gained an unexpected superiority; it acquired two great folds likewise, which necessarily extended the body of its adversary in proportion as it had contracted its own.