 | David Hume - 1775 - 424 pages
...fea-(hore, while the tide was mak- HI. ing ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them "- ~v~"— f to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was lord...He feigned to fit fome time in expectation of their fubmtflion ; but when the fea ftill advanced towards him, and began to warn him with its billows, he... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 536 pages
...ordered his chair to be fet on the fea-fhore, while the tide was rifing; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of...expectation of their fubmiffion ; but when the fea ftill advanced towards him, and began to wafti him with its billows, he turned to his courtiers, and... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 452 pages
...tide was rifing ; and as the waters approached , he commanded them to retire, and to obey the yoice of him who was lord of the ocean. He feigned to fit fome time in expectation of their fubjniffion ; but when the fea ftill advanced towards v him, and began to wafh him with its billows,... | |
 | 1792 - 530 pages
...ordered his chair to be fet on the fea-ihore, while the tide was rifmg ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was lord of the ccean. He feigned to fit fome time in expeiïation of their fubmiffion ; but w.ien the fea llill advanced... | |
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...ordered his chair to be set on the sea shore while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was lord of the ocean. He feigned to sit some time in expectation of their submission; but when the sea still advanced towards him, and... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...(höre while the tide was making •, and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and obey the voice of him who was lord of the ocean. He feigned to fit fome time in expectation of their fubmiifion ; but when the fea füll advanced towards him, and began to wafh him with its billows, he... | |
 | John Bullar - Southampton (England) - 1820 - 134 pages
...placed on the sea-shore at Southampton, while the tide was rising; and, as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was the lord of the ocean. He feigned to sit some time in expectation of their submission ; but, when the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 848 pages
...sea shore while the tide was making ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and obey the voice of him who was lord of the ocean. He feigned to sit some time in expectation of their submission \ but when the sea still advanced towards him, and... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett - England - 1825 - 480 pages
...his chair to be set on the sea-shore, while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was lord of the ocean. He feigned to sit some time in expectation of their submission ; but when the sea still advanced towards him, and... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 702 pages
...ordered a chair to be set on the sea shore while the tide was making ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was lord over the ocean. He feigned to sit some time in expectation of their submission ; but when the sea advanced... | |
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... while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was lord of the ocean. 
