 | Great Britain - 1825 - 494 pages
...recourse to his hands to sustain himself, but they found no better support; 30 -that he often sank altogether, among the broken mummies, with a crash...-wooden .cases, w.hich raised .such a dust as .kept him motionless for a quarter of an hour. waiting till it subsided. Once he was conducted from such... | |
 | Great Britain - 1825 - 498 pages
...recourse to his hands to sustain himself, but they found no better support ; so that he often sank altogether, among the broken mummies, with a crash...and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as kept him motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided. Once he was conducted from such... | |
 | Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - Egypt - 1825 - 282 pages
...recourse to his hands to sustain his weight, but they could find no better support, so that he would sink altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash...rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as sometimes left him motionless a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. BERNARD. — Oh,... | |
 | Science - 1824 - 628 pages
...Thebea. Ed. BJ and contrived to sit; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed in like a bandbox. I instantly had recourse to my hands...quarter of an hour waiting till it subsided again. I could not remove from the place, however, without increasing it, and every step I took I crushed... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 374 pages
...sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed like a band-box. I, naturally, had recourse to my hands, to sustain my weight, but...kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting i ill it subsided again." DR. CLARKE. The qualifications for a traveller have rarely been so happUy... | |
 | Science - 1821 - 520 pages
...entering into such a place, through a passage of 80, 100, 300, or perhaps 600 yards, nearly overcome, I sought a resting-place, I found one, and contrived...hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better supportj so that I sunk altogether among the broken mummies witli a crash of bones, ragSj and wooden... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed like a baud-box. I, naturally, had recourse to my hands, to sustain my weight, but...and wooden cases, which raised such a dust, as kept roe motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again." DR. CLARKE. The qualifications... | |
 | Enoch Lewis - Slave trade - 1828 - 390 pages
...so that I sunk al- ]] together among the broken mummies, with a cmh of bones, rags, and wooden caws, which raised such a dust as kept me motionless for a quarter of aa hour, waiting till it sub- i sided again. I could not remore from the place, howerer, without increasing... | |
 | Samuel Roberts - Jews - 1830 - 178 pages
...sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed in like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but...quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. I could not remove from the place, however, without increasing it, and every step that I took I crushec1... | |
 | Africa - 1831 - 320 pages
...to sit; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed like a band box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support ; so that I sank altogether among the broken muramies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised... | |
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I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support ; so that I sunk... 
