 Thus, forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 417by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
 | James Alexander McMullen - 1860 - 170 pages
...length, not fear, but labour began to overcome him. His breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to...beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper. — Johnson. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell ; Then shrieked the timid, and stood still... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers, American - 1861 - 450 pages
...length, not fear but labor began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation...he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper.8 He advanced toward the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he... | |
 | Truman Rickard - English language - 1863 - 152 pages
...trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to las fate, when he beheld, through the 90 brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards...cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, arid obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1864 - 450 pages
...length, not fear but labor began to overcome him; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation...beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. 8 He advanced toward the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1865 - 154 pages
...length, not fear, but labor, began to overcome him; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the 90 brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...was on the point of lying down in resignation to Ais fale\ \ when he beheld, through the brambles, i the glimmer of a taper. | He advanced towards the...finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, I he called numbly at the door, | and obtained admission. | The d\d man set before Aim ' such provisions... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 pages
...length, not fear but labor began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation...the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced toward the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1881 - 426 pages
...length, not fear, hut labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to...and obtained admission. The old man set before him Buch provisions as ho had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1884 - 248 pages
...length, not fear but labour began to overcome him; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation...the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced toward the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the... | |
 | Edward Conant - English language - 1887 - 164 pages
...length, not fear, but labor began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to...beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper. (23) He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he... | |
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