 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it. Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances ; Of moving accidents by...hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery ; of my redemption thence, And with it all... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...ran it through, even from my boyish days, To the very moment that he bade me tell it. Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents, by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' thej imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe, And sold to slavery ; of my redemption... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 332 pages
...feared to look on" was a soldier, that he told of "battles, sieges, fortunes, that he had passed" — " Of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach, Of belli' taken by the insolent foe." Spenser's fair and holy Una, that... | |
 | Theology - 1834 - 410 pages
...the life of Smith will not suffer in comparison with that of any other man. Those who love to read " of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes 1' the imminent deadly breach," may here be abundantly gratified. 1 1 . — Comprehensive Commentary.... | |
 | 1833 - 222 pages
...to look on," was a soldier, that he told of " battles, sieges, fortunes, that he had passed" — " Of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe." Spenser's fair and holy Una, that... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...have experienced a feeling of contentment. The veteran may feel something of this sort when he talks of " Most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes;" and when the spirit of heroism rises within him, and the remembrance of former deeds warms and animates... | |
 | Virginia Historical Society - Virginia - 1833 - 112 pages
...unaccustomed to indite history. Lapse of time, and lapse of life are fast extinguishing the traditions " Of most disastrous chances, " Of moving accidents, by flood and field ; "Of hair-bread til scapes," — and all the hazards of border life and frontier adventure. Yet many of... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1834 - 408 pages
...the life of Smith will not suffer in comparison with that of any other man. Those who love to read " of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by...hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach," may here be abundantly gratified. 11. — Comprehensive Commentary. Vol. I. WE have looked over the... | |
 | Jacob Halls Drew - 1834 - 556 pages
...love of the marvellous, lead the majority of readers to attach value to those lives only which consist 'Of moving accidents by flood and field, ' Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.' Extraordinary events alone claim their attention : those minor circumstances which chiefly exhibit... | |
 | John James Halls - Egypt - 1834 - 534 pages
...FIELD OFFICER. " The story of my life, The battles, sieges, fortunes I had pass'd. Wherein 1 spake of most disastrous chances ; Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair.breadth 'scapes i'th' Imminenldeadly breach." SHAKSPKARI. 2. In 3 vols. post 8vo. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE ; BY... | |
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