 | John Ayrton Paris - 1827 - 918 pages
...end of the large rope, and drawn close up to the upper edge of the capital ; and then, you perceive, they could easily hoist each other up. They did. more, for they hoisted the English flag on the top, and then drank the bowl of punch, and won their wager." " That is a very good story," said the vicar;... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 394 pages
...sailors, who are such experienced climbers. The question my father asked me was, how did they get up I" " I cannot conceive how a kite could help them," said...after a wet day, as we were standing at the window, I observed that the ropes were very tight between the posts in the fence — they did not hang down... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - 356 pages
...mother, doubted the truth of the principle, that the powers of memory cannot be improved. At length they rose from the breakfast table pretty much, but not...after a wet day, as we were standing at the window, I observed that the ropes were very tight between the posts in the fence — they did not hang down... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1857 - 632 pages
...up to the upper edge of the capital ; and then, you perceive, they could easily hoist each other np. They did more, for they hoisted the English flag on the top, and then drank the bowl of punch and won their wager." "That is a very good story," said the vicar,... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1861 - 474 pages
...end of the large rope, and drawn close up to the upper edge of the capital ; and then, you perceive, they could easily hoist each other up. They did more, for they hoisted the English flag on the top, and then drank the bowl of punch and won their wager." " That is a very good story," said the vicar,... | |
 | Robert Routledge - 1877 - 364 pages
...end of the large rope and drawn close up to the upper edge of the capital, and then, you perceive, they could easily hoist each other up. They did more, for they hoisted the English flag on the top, and then drank the bowl of punch, and won their wager." " That is a very good story," said the vicar... | |
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They flew their kite exactly over the pillar, so that when it came down on the opposite side, the string lay across the top of the capital. By means of the string they pulled a small rope over, and by this a larger one, that was able to bear the weight... 