 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 280 Seiten
...thou finish in heaven what I on earth have attempted.' We ran past them faster than ever mill-race in our inexorable flight. Oh, raving of hurricanes...sounded in their young ears at the moment of our transit ! Either with the swingle-bar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 278 Seiten
...thou finish in heaven what I on earth have attempted.' We ran past them faster than ever mill-race in our inexorable flight. Oh, raving of hurricanes...sounded in their young ears at the moment of our transit ! Either with the swingle-bar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 404 Seiten
...whispering, " Father, which art in heaven, do thou finish above what I on earth have attempted." Faster than ever mill-race we ran past them in our inexorable...with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced, as to be... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 Seiten
...do thou finish in heaven what I on earth have attempted." We ran past them faster than ever millrace in our inexorable flight. Oh, raving of hurricanes...sounded in their young ears at the moment of our transit ! With the swingle-bar we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 382 Seiten
...whispering, "Father, which art in heaven, do Thou finish above what I on earth have attempted." Faster than ever mill-race we ran past them in our inexorable...with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off•vheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced, as to be... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 454 Seiten
...whispering, " Father, which art hi heaven, do thou finish above what I on earth have attempted." Faster than ever mill-race we ran past them in our inexorable...with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced, as to be... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 Seiten
...all-conquering arrival upon the escaping efforts of the gig. We ran past them faster than ever mill-race in our inexorable flight. Oh, raving of hurricanes...in their young ears at the moment of our transit! With the swinglebar we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely, and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1865 - 320 Seiten
...whispering, ' Father, which art in heaven, do thou finish above what I on earth have attempted.' Faster than ever mill-race we ran past them in our inexorable...with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced, as to be... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 Seiten
...do thou finish in heaven what I on earth have attempted." We ran past them faster than ever millrace in our inexorable flight. Oh, raving of hurricanes...sounded in their young ears at the moment of our transit ! With the swingle-bar we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1863 - 550 Seiten
...we, the Royal Mail, going like a volley of thunderbolts, struck — yes, struck — STRUCK, you hear, either ' with the swingle-bar — or — with the 'haunch of our near leader;' and the young female person sitting in this phaeton was jerked out of her seat, instantly to fall into... | |
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Even in that moment the thunder of collision spoke aloud. Either with the swingle-bar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig, which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced, as to be accurately... 
