 I found that our words froze in the air before they could reach the ears of the person to whom they were spoken. I was soon confirmed in this conjecture, when, upon the increase of the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf; for every man was...  The British Essayists - Strana 146úprava: - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1902 - Počet stránok 364
...when, upon the increase of the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf; for every man was sensible, as we afterwards found, that he spoke as...might observe a seaman that could hail a ship at a league distance, beckoning with his hands, straining his lungs, and tear-ing his throat, but all in... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - Počet stránok 564
...the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf ; for every man was sensible, as we afterward found, that he spoke as well as ever ; but the sounds...talking, and no man heard. One might observe a seaman who could hail a ship at a league distance, beckoning with his hands, straining with his lungs, and... | |
 | D.C. Heath and Company - 1903 - Počet stránok 360
...the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf: for every man was 'sensible, as we afterward found, that he spoke as well as ever; but the sounds...a ship at a league's distance, beckoning with his hand, straining his lungs, and tearing his throat; but all in vain. " We continued here three weeks... | |
 | 1903 - Počet stránok 360
...the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf : for every man was sensible, as we afterward found, that he spoke as well as ever ; but the sounds...a ship at a league's distance, beckoning with his hand, straining his lungs, and tearing his throat ; but all in vain. " We continued here three weeks... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - Počet stránok 422
...when, upon the increase of 10 the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf; for every man was sensible, as we afterwards found, that he spoke as...see us nodding and gaping at one another, every man talk15 ing, and no man heard. One might observe a Seaman, that could hail a ship at a league distance,... | |
 | 1906 - Počet stránok 578
...when, upon the increase of the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf; for every man was sensible, as we afterwards found, that he spoke as...a ship at a league's distance, beckoning with his hand, straining his lungs, and tearing his throat ; but all in vain: 1 Nee vox nee verba sequuntur.... | |
 | 1907 - Počet stránok 284
...the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf: for every man was sensible, as we afterward found, that he spoke as well as ever; but the sounds...took air than they were condensed and lost. It was a miserable spectacle to see us nodding and gaping at one another, every man talking, and no man heard.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1907 - Počet stránok 142
...when, upon the increase of the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf ; for every man was sensible, as we afterwards found, that he spoke as well as ever ; but the sounds no c sooner took air, than they were condensed and lost. It was now a miserable spectacle to see us nodding... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - Počet stránok 776
...when, upon the increase of the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf; for every man was 3 An Island In the Arctic ocean. The Journal of William Barentz. a Dutch navigator who was shipwrecked... | |
 | Abraham Royer Brubacher, Dorothy Ermina Snyder - 1912 - Počet stránok 400
...when, upon the increase of the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf ; for every man was sensible, as we afterwards found, that he spoke as...one another, every man talking, and no man heard. We continued here three weeks in this dismal plight. At length, upon a turn of wind, the air about... | |
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