 | John Kirk - 1864 - 448 pages
...the people. " There will not be time," answered another. " Here ; I have thought of a shorter way. I will fix myself against the wall; lift a light man and set him on my shoulder." The house being low, the expedient succeeded, and the child was thus delivered from a terrible... | |
 | Thomas Ratcliffe (Primitive Methodist minister.) - 1865 - 130 pages
...fetch a ladder: another answered, there will not be time, but I have thought of another expedient. Here I will fix myself against the wall : lift a light man, and set him on my shoulders. They did so, and took me out of the window. Just then the roof fell, but it fell inward, or we had all been crushed... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 pages
...was taken into a cottage where his father and the rest of the family had found refuge, the old man cried out — " Come, neighbours, let us kneel down ! let us give thanks unto God ! He has given me all my eight children; let the house go, I am rich enough." John was educated... | |
 | 1871 - 784 pages
...him, and sought to help the poor child by kneeling in an agony of prayer. A kind-hearted man cried, "I will fix myself against the wall, lift a light man and set him on my shoulders." Thus brave men got to where the boy lay. Just as the child was caught in their strong arms, the roof... | |
 | Rev. Thomas Vasey - 1871 - 132 pages
...ladder. Another answered, ' There will not be time ; but I have thought of another expedient. Here, I will fix myself against the wall ; lift a light man, and set him upon my shoulders.' They did so ; and he took me out of the window. Just then the whole roof fell in,... | |
 | 1871 - 404 pages
...ladder. Another answered, ' There will not be time ; but I have thought of another expedient. Here I will fix myself against the wall ; lift a light man, and set him upon my shoulders ! ' They did so, and he took mo out of the window. Just then the whole roof fell... | |
 | Edith Waddy - 1872 - 142 pages
...ladder. Another answered, ' There will not be time ; but I have thought oi another expedient. Here I will fix myself against the wall ; lift a light man, and set him upon my shoulders !' They did so, and he took me out of the window. Just then the whole roof fell in,... | |
 | Early days - 1880 - 246 pages
...ladder. Another answered, ' There will not be time ; but I have thought of another expedient. Here, I will fix myself against the wall; lift a light man,...neighbours, let us kneel down ! let us give thanks unto God! He has given me all my eight children: let the house go, I am rich enough ! ' " During the... | |
 | Frederick Sherlock - 1881 - 306 pages
...a ladder. Another answered, 'There will be no time ; but I have thought of another expedient. Here, I will fix myself against the wall : lift a light...on my shoulders.' They did so ; and he took me out at the window. Just then the whole roof fell ; but it fell inward, or we had all been crushed at once.... | |
 | 1882 - 526 pages
...the people. ' There will not be time,' answered another. ' Here, I have thought of a shorter way ; I will fix myself against the wall, lift a light man and set him on my shoulder. The house being low, the experiment succeeded, and the child was thus delivered from a terrible... | |
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They did so, and he took me out of the window. Just then the roof fell; but it fell inward, or we had all been crushed at once. 
