 It appeared to me pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl: I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top of the luggage, the margin of the hide sinking to...  A Tour on the Prairies - Page 57by Washington Irving - 1835 - 274 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Authors, American - 1849 - 394 pages
...shore, half filled with saddles, saddlebags, and other luggage, amounting to a hundred weight; and being again placed in the water, I was invited to...though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top of the luggage, the margin of the hide sinking to within a hand's breadth of the water's edge.... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1849 - 276 pages
...shore, half filled with saddles, saddlebags, and other luggage, amounting to a hundred weight ; and being again placed in the water, I was invited to...though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top of the luggage, the margin of the hide sinking to within a hand's breadth of the water's edge.... | |
 | Edward Henry Stanley Earl of Derby - Colombia - 1850 - 154 pages
...his hand, and made signs that all was ready, there was nothing to be done but embark. I thought first of the wise men of Gotham who went to sea in a bowl ; and then of the alligators ; but the alternative of missing the steamer and passing a month at Chagres,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 398 pages
...shore, half filled with saddles, saddlebags, and other luggage, amounting to a hundred weight ; and being again placed in the water, I was invited to...pretty much like the embarkation of the wise men of Grotham, who went to sea in a bowl : I stepped in, however, without hesitation, though as cautiously... | |
 | 1851 - 162 pages
...war purposes" as that. If he did, I j should regard him as a fit companion for those famous " three wise men of Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl." I observe, here, another thing that seems significant. It is the peculiar character of the certificates... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1855 - 268 pages
...shore, half filled with saddles, saddlebags, and other luggage, amounting to a hundred weight ; and being again placed in the water, I was invited to...though as cautiously as possible, and sat down on top of the luggage, the margin of the hide sinking to within a hand's breadth of the water's edge.... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith - Martyrs - 1856 - 534 pages
...went out into the ocean about ten miles to a small island, and was forcibly reminded of the ' three wise men of Gotham' who 'went to sea in a bowl.' I believe, however, my mode of travelling is safe, as the natives all go in the same way, and they are... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Business - 1865 - 464 pages
...Price, 22 guineas, cost double three months since." 'We have heard of Arion riding on a dolphin, and of the wise men of Gotham who went to sea in a bowl ; we have heard of Helle on her ram, and of Europa on her bull ; but we never before heard of a lady... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Business - 1868 - 906 pages
...Price, 22 guineas, cost double three months since." We have heard of Arion riding on a dolphin, and of the wise men of Gotham who went to sea in a bowl ; we have heard of Helle on her ram, and of Europa on her bull ; but we never before heard of a lady... | |
 | Dinah Maria Craik - 1871 - 318 pages
...all, the two children, both utterly fearless, would certainly have been discovered sailing away, like the wise men of Gotham who 'went to sea in a bowl.' Probably with the same ending to their career ; that — If the bowl had been stronger, My song would... | |
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