 | Jonathan Swift - 1726 - 342 pages
...Bottom: But when I was almoft gone, and able to ftruggle no longer, I found myfelf within my Depth j and by this time the Storm was much abated. The Declivity was fo fmall, that I walked near a Mile before I got to the Shore, which I conje&ur'd was about eight a-clock... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 386 pages
...and could feel no Bottom : But when I was almoft gone, and able to ftruggle np longer, I found myfelf within my Depth $ and by this Time the Storm was much abated. The Declivity was fo fmai!, that I walked near a Mile before I got to the Shore, which I conjectured was about eight... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1743 - 430 pages
...and could feel no Bottom : But when I was almoit gone, and able to ftruggle no longer, I found myfelf within my Depth ; and by this Time the Storm was much abated. The Declivity was fo final], that I walked near a Mile before I got to the Shore, which I conjectured was about eight... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 392 pages
...when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth; and by tliis time the storm was much abated. The declivity was...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants;... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom : but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shove, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 524 pages
...feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no1 longer, I found myself vtithin my depth ; and by this time the storm was much abated. The declivity was so small1, that I -walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 446 pages
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to straggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth ; and by this...conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants... | |
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I cannot tell, but conclude they were all lost. For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me and was pushed forward by wind and tide. I... 
