| George baron Anson - 1745 - 480 pages
...purfuing a Goat had like once to have been very, fatal to him, for he followed it with fo much Eagernefs that he catched hold of it on the Brink of. a Precipice, of which he was not aware, the Bufties hiding it from him> fo that he fell with the Goat down a great Height, and was fo ftunned and... | |
| John Knox - Voyages and travels - 1767 - 530 pages
...had once like to have coit him his life; he he purfued it with fo much eagernefs, that he catch-" ed hold of it on the brink of a precipice, of which he was not aware, the bufhes hiding it from him ; fb that he fell with the' goat down the precipice, a great height, and... | |
| Voyages and travels - 1760 - 230 pages
...have coft him his life ; for he was fo eagerly engaged in the purfuit, that he catched hold of it upon the brink of a precipice, of which he was not aware, the bufhes concealing it from his view, fo that he fell down a prodigious height with the goat, and was... | |
| David Henry - Voyages around the world - 1774 - 488 pages
...agility in purfuing a goat had once like to have coft him his life. He purfued it with fo much eagernefs that he catched hold of it on the brink of a precipice of which he was not aware, the bumes hiding it from him ; fo that he fell with the goat down the precipice a great height, and was... | |
| Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...and tired both the dog and the men, catched the goats and brought them to us on his back. He told us, that his agility in pursuing a goat had once like...with so much eagerness, that he catched hold of it at the brink of a precipice, of which he was not aware, the bushes having hid it from him ; so that... | |
| Nathaniel Wanley - Characters and characteristics - 1806 - 552 pages
...goats, and brought them to us on his back. He told us, that his agility in pursuing a goat had ones like to have cost him his life ; he p,ursued it with...eagerness, that he catched hold of it on the brink of a pre-» cipice, of which he was not aware, the bushes having hid it from him ; so that he fell with... | |
| Nathaniel Wanley - Characters and characteristics - 1806 - 590 pages
...cost him his lite ; he pursued it with so much eag< niess, that he catched hold of it on the brii;k of a precipice, of which he was not aware, the bushes...having hid it from him ; so that he fell with the goat dov.-u the said precipice a great height, and was so stunned and bruised with the fall, that he narrow... | |
| Harleian miscellany - 1810 - 584 pages
...pepper, called Malagita, which was very good to expel wind, and against griping of the guts. He told us, that his agility in pursuing a goat had once like...life ; he pursued it with so much eagerness, that he catrhed hold of it on the brink of a precipice, of which he was not aware, the bushes having hid it... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1810 - 348 pages
...and tired both the dog and the men, caught the goats, and brought them to us On his back. He told us, that his agility in pursuing a goat had once like...a precipice, of which he was not aware, the bushes hiding it from him ; so that he fell with the goat down the precipice, a great height, and was so stunned... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 590 pages
...bad «nee like to hart! cost him hie life ; he pursued it with so nuieh eagerness, that he catrhëa hold of it on the brink of a precipice, of which he wes not aware, thft bushes having hid it from him; so that he fell with the goat down the precipice... | |
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