| Samuel Johnson - 1763 - 292 pages
...their veffels, and more by the folly, perverfenefe, or negligence, of thofe who unde"rtook to fteer them ; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned...eagernefs ; and firft turning my eyes behind me, faw a dream flowing through flowery iflands, which every one that failed along feemed to behold with pleafure... | |
| 1773 - 394 pages
...their vefl'els, and more by the folly, perverfenefs, or negligence of thofe who undertook to fteer them ; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned...the pilot, whom it was always in our power to choofe • i among among great numbers that offered their direftion and affillance. I then looked round with... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1784 - 372 pages
...their veflels, and more by the folly, perverfenefs, or negligence, of thofe who undertook to fteer them; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned...turning my eyes behind me, faw a ftream flowing through fiowery iflands, which everyone that failed along feemed to behold with pleafure ; but no fooner touched,... | |
| 1785 - 596 pages
...pcrverfenels, or negligence, of thofe who undertook to fteer them; and that we were now on the main fcaj abandoned to the winds and billows^ without any other means of fecurity thart the care of the pilot, whom it was alway* in our power to choofe arriong great numbers that offered... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 pages
...their veflels, and more by the folly, perverfenefs, or negligence, of thofe who v undertook to fteer them; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned...among great numbers that offered their direction and a/fiftance. I then looked round with anxious eagernefs; and firft turning my eyes behind me, faw a... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 472 pages
...their veflels, and more by the folly, perverlenefs, or negligence, of thofc who undertook ro fleer them ; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned...care of the pilot, whom it was always in our power to choofc among great numbers that offered their direction and a/fiftance. I then looked round with anxious... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...their veflels, and more by the folly, perverfenefs, or negligence of thofe who undertook to ftoc-r them ; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned...the winds and billows, without any other means of fecuruy than the care of the pilot, whom it was always in our power to chufe, among great numbers that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...perverfeneis, or negligence, of thole who undertook to ft<-er them ; anil that we were now on the main fca, abandoned to the winds and billows, without any other...means of fecurity than the care of the pilot, whom it wa» always in our power to clioolc among1 great numbers that offered their direc* tion nnu ailiftance.... | |
| 1792 - 494 pages
...of their veflcls, and more by the folly, pcrverfenefs, or negligence of thole who undertook to fteer them ; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned to the winds and • billows, without any other mean", of fccurity . than the care of the pilot, whom it was always in our power to chufe, among great... | |
| Mr. Addison - 1794 - 326 pages
...of their vefiels, and more by the folly, perverfenefs, or negligence of thofe who undertook to fteer them; and that we were now on the main fea, abandoned...turning my eyes behind me, faw a ftream flowing through the flowery iflands, which every one that failed along feemed to behold with pleafure; but no fooner... | |
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