...the life of Smith will not suffer in comparison with that of any other man. Those who love to read " of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes 1' the imminent deadly breach," may here be abundantly gratified. 1 1 . — Comprehensive Commentary....

...most disastrous chances; v Of moving accidents, by flood and field; Of hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach; Of being taken by the insolent foe, And sold to slavery; of my redemption thence; And, with it, all my travels' history. All these to hear Would Desdemona seriously...

...feared to look on" was a soldier, that he told of "battles, sieges, fortunes, that he had passed" — " Of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach, Of belli' taken by the insolent foe." Spenser's fair and holy Una, that...

...to look on," was a soldier, that he told of " battles, sieges, fortunes, that he had passed" — " Of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe." Spenser's fair and holy Una, that...

...have experienced a feeling of contentment. The veteran may feel something of this sort when he talks of " Most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes;" and when the spirit of heroism rises within him, and the remembrance of former deeds warms and animates...

...unaccustomed to indite history. Lapse of time, and lapse of life are fast extinguishing the traditions " Of most disastrous chances, " Of moving accidents, by flood and field ; "Of hair-bread til scapes," — and all the hazards of border life and frontier adventure. Yet many of...

...the life of Smith will not suffer in comparison with that of any other man. Those who love to read " of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach," may here be abundantly gratified. 11. — Comprehensive Commentary. Vol....

...FIELD OFFICER. " The story of my life, The battles, sieges, fortunes I had pass'd. Wherein 1 spake of most disastrous chances ; Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair.breadth 'scapes i'th' Imminenldeadly breach." SHAKSPKARI. 2. In 3 vols. post 8vo. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE ; BY...

...ran it through, ev'n from my boyish days To the very moment that she bad me tell it, Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field; Of being taken by the insolent foe, And icld to slavery. — Othello. TALE II. THE PARTING HOUR.(i) MINUTELY...

...sportsman feels, when, by sparkling fire on a winter's night, he recounts th^ exploits of the day ; telling of most " disastrous chances, of moving accidents by flood and field, of hairbreadth 'scapes, of the imminent deadly breech," &c. These are thy pleasures, Shooting ! and as thou art so delightful,...