 The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had not the area enlarged as the flame encircled them. But by advancing to the spot where the trapper had kindled the grass, they avoided the heat, and in a very few moments the flames began...  Cooper's Novels - Page 88by James Fenimore Cooper - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Popular literature - 1840 - 480 pages
...leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had...them. But by advancing to the spot where the trapper kindled the grass, they avoided the heat, and in a very few moments the flames began to recede in every... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 328 pages
...so easily ? Your gran'ther had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see ; we shall all live to see." trapper had kindled the grass, they avoided the heat, and in a very few moments the flames oegan to recede in every quarter, leaving them enveloped in a cloud of smoke, but perfectly safe from... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had...the grass, they avoided the heat and in a very few momenta the flames began to recede in every quarter, leaving them enveloped in a cloud of smoke, but... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 494 pages
...leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had...the trapper had kindled the grass, they avoided the beat, and in a very few moments the flames began to recede in every quarter, leaving them enveloped... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1860 - 536 pages
...leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had...had kindled the grass, they avoided the heat, and ma very few moments the flames began to recede in every quarter, leaving them enveloped in a cloud... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous,...very few moments the flames began to recede in every direction, leaving them enveloped in a cloud of smoke, but perfectly safe from the torrent of fire... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1872 - 476 pages
...leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had not the area enlarged as the name encircled them. But by advancing to the spot where the trapper had kindled the grass, they avoided... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would still have been hazardous, had not the area enlarged as the flame encircled them. But, c by advancing to the spot where the trapper had kindled the grass, they avoided the heat; and in a... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - Oral reading - 1874 - 336 pages
...swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would still have been hazardous,29 had not the area 30 enlarged as the flame encircled " them. But, by advancing...kindled the grass, they avoided the heat ; and in a few moments the flames began to recede32 in every direction, leaving them enveloped in a cloud of smoke,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1875 - 504 pages
...leaving the black and smoking soil far more naked than if the scythe had swept the place. The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had...the torrent of fire that was still furiously rolling onwards. The spectators regarded the simple expedient of the trapper, •with that species of wonder... | |
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