| John Marshall - 1804 - 562 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work : we next got it launched ; then went on board of it and set off: but before we...settingpole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pa»s by ; when the rapidity of the •tream threwitwith so much violence against the pole, that it... | |
| John Marshall - Presidents - 1804 - 648 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun setting. This was a whole day's work : we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off: but before...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by ; when the rapidity of the stream... | |
| John Marshall - Generals - 1804 - 654 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun setting. This was a whole day's work : we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off: but before...in such a manner, that we expected every moment our raf' to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the... | |
| 1805 - 618 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun setting. This was a whole day's work : we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off : but before...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 590 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work: we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off: but before...try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream throw it with such violence against the pole, that it jerked me out... | |
| 1826 - 438 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun setting. This was a whole day's work: we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off: but before...manner, that we expected every moment our raft to sink, andourselves to perish. 1 put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass... | |
| Presidents - 1829 - 290 pages
...poor hatchet, and finished just after sun setting: this was a whole day's work. We got it launched* then went on board of it, and set off; but before we were half-way over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner, that we expected every moment our raft to... | |
| 1832 - 564 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun setting. This was a whole day's work : we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off; but before...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work ; we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off; but before...try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole, that it jerked me... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1834 - 574 pages
...hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work ; we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off; but before...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my wtting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
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