... cries of a child, followed by low meanings, rang out from under the wheels, and a jerk of the drag pulled the car up and nearly threw us out of our seats. -We jumped out and looked nervously under the wheels to see what had happened, but there was... The Voyage of the "Challenger." - Seite 143von Sir Charles Wyville Thomson - 1877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| DONALD MACLEOD, D.D - 1876 - 982 Seiten
...started there is always a risk of accidents. As the truck ran quickly down the incline towards the river the swarthy young barbarians, attracted by the novelty,...seats. We jumped out, and looked nervously under the truck ; but there was no child there. The young barbarians looked at us vaguely and curiously, but... | |
| 1876 - 918 Seiten
...the truck ran quickly down the incline towards I the river the swarthy young barbarians, attKicted by the novelty, crowded round it, : and suddenly the...rang out from ' under the wheels, and a jerk of the dragpulled the car up and nearly threw us out of our seats. We jumped out, and looked nervously under... | |
| James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - 1878 - 606 Seiten
...the swarthy young barbarians, attracted by the novelty, crowded round it, and suddenly the agonised cries of a child, followed by low meanings, rang out...and a jerk of the drag pulled the car up and nearly jerked us out of our seats. We jumped out and looked nervously under the wheels to see what had happened,... | |
| William Lauder Lindsay - 1879 - 586 Seiten
...' Suddenly the agonised cries of a child, followed by low moanings, rang out from under the wheels. A jerk of the drag pulled the car up, and nearly threw...seats. We jumped out and looked nervously under the truck ; but there was no child there.' Nor was the apparent accident explained, till ' a large green... | |
| William Lauder Lindsay - 1880 - 572 Seiten
...railway party, of which he was a member, believe they had run over a child. ' Suddenly the agonised cries of a child, followed by low meanings, rang out from under the wheels. A jerk of the drag pulled the car up, and nearly threw us out of our seats. We jumped out and looked... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1878 - 550 Seiten
...the novelty, crowded round it, and suddenly the agonised cries of a child, followed by low moanings, rang out from under the wheels, and a jerk of the...our seats. We jumped out and looked nervously under tbe wheels ID see what had happened, but there was no child there. The young barbarians looked at us... | |
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