 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 pages
...the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river side I saw what 1 took to be t pleasant green meadow, in the middle of which was...it struck my fancy I could sit and read, (having a buck in my pocket) and pass the time agreeably till the tide turned ; I therefore prevailed with the... | |
 | James Parton - 1865 - 672 pages
...the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river side I saw what I took to be a pleasant green meadow, in the middle of which was a lariie shady tree, where, it struck my fancy, I could sit and read (having a book in my pocket), and... | |
 | 1889 - 680 pages
...the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river side I saw what I took to be a pleasant, green meadow, in...a book in my pocket— and pass the time agreeably until the tide turned. I therefore prevailed with the captain to put me ashore. Being landed, I found... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 pages
...the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river side I saw what I took to be a pleasant green meadow, in...and pass the time agreeably till the tide turned. 1 therefore prevailed with the captain to put me ashore. Being landed, I found the greatest part of... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 pages
...vessel was excessive— the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river side I saw what I took to be a pleasant green meadow, in...and read — having a book in my pocket — and pass tie time agreebly until the tide turned. I therefore prevailed with the captain to put me ashore. Being... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - 1883 - 224 pages
...the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me and not very agreeable. Near the river-side I saw what I took to be a pleasant green meadow, in...tree, where, it struck my fancy, I could sit and read and pass the time agreeably until the tide turned. I therefore prevailed on the captain to put me ashore.... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1885 - 1120 pages
...vessel was excessive — the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river aide I saw what I took to be a pleasant green meadow, in...book in my pocket — and pass the time agreeably until the tide turned. I therefore prevailed with the captain to put me ashore. Being landed I found... | |
 | 1889 - 684 pages
...the vessel was excessive, tin? company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river side I saw what I took to be a pleasant, green meadow, in...shady tree, where, it struck my fancy. I could sit and read—having a book in my pocket—and pass the time agreeably until the tide turned. I therefore... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 676 pages
...the Vessel was excessive, the Corhpany Strangers to me, and not very agreable. Near the river Side I saw what I took to be a pleasant green Meadow, in...read, (having a Book in my Pocket,) and pass the time agreably till the tide turned. I therefore prevail'd with the Captain to put me ashore. Being landed,... | |
 | William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 pages
...the Vessel was excessive, the Company Strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river Side I saw what I took to be a pleasant green Meadow, in...the time agreeably till the tide turned. I therefore prevail'd with the Captain to put me ashore. Being landed, I found the greatest part of my Meadow was... | |
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There being no wind, we were obliged, when the ebb was spent, to cast anchor, and wait for the next. The heat of the sun on the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Near the river side I saw what I took to be... 
