 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 - Page 146edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1917 - 536 pages
...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...sounds no sooner took air than they were condensed and 55 lost. It was now a miserable spectacle to see us nodding and gaping at one another, every man talking,... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1918 - 986 pages
...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...sounds no sooner took air than they were condensed and 55 lost. It was now a miserable spectacle to see us nodding and gaping at one another, every man talking,... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...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 tearing his throat, but all in... | |
 | Deaf - 1933 - 540 pages
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 | Scottish poetry - 1969 - 606 pages
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 | Elly Groenenboom-Draai - Rotterdam (Netherlands) - 1994 - 662 pages
...words froze in the air before they could reach the ear of the person to whom they were spoken. ]...l lt was now a miserable spectacle to see us nodding and gaping at one another (...]. (p. 290l We continued here three weeks in this dismal plight. At length. upon a turn of wind.... | |
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