 | 1832 - 548 pages
..."'Massa Boh was on the main-truck!" A cold shudder ran through my veins, as the word reached my ears ; 1 cast my eyes up — it was too true. The adventurous boy, after having rested a little, had climbed the sky-sail pole, and the moment of my looking up, was actually... | |
 | William Leggett - 1834 - 192 pages
...Scupper," cried he, " Massa Stay is on de main-truck !" A cold shudder ran through my veins at the word. I cast my eyes up — it was too true ! The adventurous...had been seized with a wish to go still higher, and moved by one of those impulses which sometimes instigate men to place themselves in situations of imminent... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1834 - 528 pages
...domesticated ape, ascends to the main-truck — or the extreme point of the " high and giddy mast :" " Tliu adventurous boy, after resting on the royal cross-trees,...had been seized with a wish to go still higher, and moved by one of those impulses which sometimes instigate men to place themselves in situations of imminent... | |
 | William Leggett - 1834 - 192 pages
...main-truck!" A cold shudder ran through my veins at the word. I cast my eyes up—-it was too true! Tho adventurous boy, after resting on the royal crosstrees,...had been seized with a wish to go still higher, and moved by one of those impulses which sometimes instigate men to place themselves in situations of imminent... | |
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...Scupper," cried he, " Massa Stay is on de main-truck 1" A cold shudder ran through my veins at the word. I cast my eyes up — it was too true ! The adventurous...had been seized with a wish to go still higher, and moved by one of those impulses which sometimes instigate men to place themselves in situations of imminent... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...Massa Bob was on the main-truck ! A cold shudder ran through my veins as the word reached my ears. I cast my eyes up — it was too true. The adventurous boy, after having rested a little, had climbed the skysail-pole ; and at the moment of my looking up, was actually... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
..."Massa Stay is on de main-track! " A cold shudder ran through my veins at the word. I cast my eyesr up — it was too true ! The adventurous boy, after...had been seized with a wish to go still higher, and moved by one of thoso impulse* which sometimes instigate men toplace themselves in situations of imminent... | |
 | 1840 - 322 pages
...Massa Bob was on the maintruck !' A cold shudder ran through my veins as the word reached my ears. I cast my eyes up' — it was too true. The adventurous boy, after having rested a little', had climbed the sky-sail pole, and. at the moment of my looking up, was actually... | |
 | Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1843 - 392 pages
...Scupper," cried he ; " Massa Stay is on de main truck." A cold shudder ran through my veins at the word. I cast my eyes up — it was too true. The adventurous boy, after resting himself, had taken the whim of climbing the sky-sail pole, and was actually standing on the main-truck... | |
 | 1843 - 402 pages
...Scupper,' cried he, ' Massa Stay is on de main-truck!' A cold shudder ran through my veins at the word. I cast my eyes up — it was too true! The adventurous...had been seized with a wish to go still higher, and moved by one of those impulses which sometimes instigate men to place themselves in situations of imminent... | |
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I cast my eyes up — it was too true ! The adventurous boy, after resting on the royal crosstrees, had been seized with a wish to go still higher, and... 
