id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt hvd.hn2ghr nan Children's Miscellany 1797.0 .txt text/plain 77611 2437 68 Sometimes he fancies himſelf ſtriving with the rolling waves, ftretching out his arm to catch hold of a plank toffing by; which, juſt come at, is beaten back by the roaring billows, whoſe ter- rible noiſe pronounces his death: at other times he thinks himſelf aſtride upon a piece of a maſt, labouring to keep himſelf on, and of a fudden waſhed away, and funk down by a bulky wave; on every fide of him men calling for help; others, ſpent and paſt ſpeaking; here fome floating that are already periſhed, and there others expiring ; thus in every object feeing his approaching fate. He was not a little furprized to fee two fuch inveterate enemies, who at other times never meet without fighting, at that juncture agree fo well. cache/hvd.hn2ghr.txt txt/hvd.hn2ghr.txt