 Saturday in the afternoon, the 31 of August, we changed our course, and returned back for England. At which very instant, even in winding about, there passed along between us and towards the land which we now forsook a very lion to our seeming, in shape,...  Stories of Discovery Told by Discovers... - Page 120by E. E. Hale - 1882 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1884 - 254 pages
...should return and give up their attempt, so the seamen said, there passed between them and the land " a very lion, to our seeming, in shape, hair and color ; not swimming after the manner of a beast, but rather sliding upon the water with his whole body (not excepting the legs ) in sight." The men... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...present with what he had done, and to lay off for England. " So upon Saturday, in the afternoon, the 31st still lapse of ages. All that the land, which we now forsook, a very lion, to our »ecming, in shape, hair, and color; not swimming... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1854 - 344 pages
...reputed a man of veracity, and highly respected: — " So upon Saturday, in the afternoon the 31st August, we changed our course, and returned back for...very instant, even in winding about, there passed between us, and towards the land which we now forsook, a very lion to our seeming, in shape, hair,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1868 - 458 pages
...and to lay off for England. .So upon Saturday, in the afternoon, the 3Ist of August, we changed '>ur course, and returned back for England, at which very...in winding about, there passed along between us and the land, which we now forsook, a very lion, to our seeming, in shape, hair, and colour ; not swimming... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...present with what he had done, and to lay off for England. "So upon Saturday, in the afternoon, the 31st ich he was tenant. Unoccupied, I call it, for there...nor any furniture, indeed, except a table, and a fe the land, which we now forsook, a very lion, to our seeming, in shape, hair, and colour; not swimming... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1873 - 540 pages
...present with what he had done, and to lay off for England. So upon Saturday, in the afternoon, the 3 1 st of August, we changed our course, and returned back...even in winding about, there passed along between HS and the land, which we now forsook, a very lion, to our seeming, in shape, hair, and color; not... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 446 pages
...afterwards given to a war vessel, built also for speed. So, upon Saturday, in the afternoon, the 3ist of August, we changed our course, and returned back...in winding about, there passed along between us and the land which we now forsook, a very lion, to our seeming, in shape, hair, and color ; not swimming... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 408 pages
...afterwards given to a war vessel, built also for speed. So, upon Saturday, in the afternoon, the 31st of August, we changed our course, and returned back...England, at which very instant, even in winding about, 'here passed along between us and the land which we n°w forsook, a very lion, to our seeming, in shape,... | |
 | William Fraser Rae - 1881 - 334 pages
...represented in the accounts of the sea serpent: " Upon Saturday in the afternoon the 31st of August [1583] we changed our course, and returned back for England,...forsook a very lion to our seeming, in shape, hair and colour, not swimming after the manner of a beast by moving of his feet, but rather sliding upon the... | |
 | William Fraser Rae - 1881 - 334 pages
...represented in the accounts of ' the sea serpent : " Upon Saturday in the afternoon the 31st of August [1583] we changed our course, and returned back for England,...passed along between us and towards the land which wenow forsook a very lion to our seeming, in shape, hair and colour, not swimming after the manner... | |
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