 | English literature - 1781 - 754 pages
...(licking againft the rocks, projected their fibrous arms to entangle him. Being alked, how he was able fo readily to find the cup that had been thrown in ?...himfelf was urged in his defcent. This account, however, d'd not fatisfy the King's curiofity. Being rcquelted to venture once more into the gulf for further... | |
 | Gerhard Ulrich Anton Vieth - Natural history - 1801 - 248 pages
...their fibrous arms, to entangle every thing, that came near them. Being afked, how he was able, fo readily to find the cup, that had been thrown in, he replied, that it happened to be thrown by the waves into the cavity of a rock, againft which he himfelf was driven-in his defcent.... | |
 | Alexander Hunter - Agriculture - 1804 - 598 pages
...sticking against the rocks, projected their fibrous arms to entangle him. Being asked how he was able so readily to find the cup that had been thrown in, he...to be flung by the waves into the cavity of a rock, against which he himself was urged in his descent. This account, however, did not satisfy the king's... | |
 | 1792 - 620 pages
...approaches. He was then afked how he fo readily found the cup; he replied, that it had been carried by the waves into the cavity of a rock, againft which he himfelf ftruck in his defcent The king wifhing for further goofe, and his cheft became fo very ca- information,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 468 pages
...sticking against the rocks, projected their fibrous arms to entangle him. Being asked how he was able so readily to find the cup that had been thrown in, he...to be flung by the waves into the cavity of a rock, against which he himself was urged in his descent. This account, however, did not satisfy the king's... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 764 pages
...arms to entangle him. Being aflced how he was able fo readily to find the cup that had been thrown iu, he replied, that it happened to be flung by the waves into the cavity of a rock agafnft which he himfelf was urged in his defcent. This account, however, did not fatisfy the king's... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...majesty. The curiosity of this monarch had been long excited by the accounts he had heard of the to ii ml the cup that had been thrown in ; he replied, that...to be flung by the waves into the cavity of a rock, against which he himself was urged in hit descent. This account, however, did not satisfy the king's... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 896 pages
...sticking against the rocks, projected their fibrous arms to entangle him. Being asked how he was able so readily to find the cup that had been thrown in, he...happened to be flung by the waves into the cavity of я rock against which he himself was urged in his deseen:. This account, however, did not satisfy the... | |
 | Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 840 pages
...sticking again? the rocks, projected their fibreus arms to entangle him. Being asked, how he was able so readily to find the cup that had been thrown in ; he replied, tlw it happened to be flung by the waves into the cavity of a rock, against whid he himself was urged... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...sticking against the rocks, projected their fibrous arms to entangle Jiim. Being asked, how he was able so readily to find the cup that had been thrown in, he...to be flung by the waves into the cavity of a rock against which he himself was urged in his descent. This account, however, did not satisfy the king's... | |
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Being asked how he was able so readily to find the cup that had been thrown in, he replied, that it happened to be flung by the waves into the cavity of a rock, against which he himself was urged in his descent. 
