Then were a world of labouring people maintained by the plough, as yet in Northamptonshire, &c.
Then were entails in fashion, (a good prop for monarchy).
The bridge was finished in about two weeks, and I received orders to move against Colonel Thomas Harris, who was said to be encamped at the little town of Florida, some twenty-five miles south of where we then were.
I answered that, "sitting as we then were, we appeared very comfortable, and surely there was no trouble in our becoming friends.
A few heat-drops fell during the night, but the short thunder shower at the Depot on the Sunday did not appear to have extended so far as where we then were.
The creek from which we had just removed, as well as the one on which we then were, fell in the opposite direction or to the eastward, terminating after short courses either in grassy plains or in shallow lagoons.
Finally the sea rose so high that Steve thought it well to seek the protection of a harbour, and we landed in a sheltered cove on one of the numerous islands that strew Hamilton Inlet, where we then were--Big Black Island, it is called.
Frequently we would picture ourselves walking into our homes or through the streets of New York as we then were, and laugh at the thought.
Hubbard suggested giving up route hunting if our river ended where we then were, and striking right across the mountains with our outfit on our backs, and we received the suggestion with enthusiasm.
Here we thought our pilot would leave us; but he intimated that he was perfectly ready to accompany us up the river, where our passengers had their homes, if we would bring him and his companions back to where we then were.
However, our consultation ended in a determination to wait where we then were, until the caravan should have accomplished the last difficulty by crossing the ravine; when we would all march into Ellyria in company.
Again the nogara sounded, and the native guides declared that they could not remain where we then were, but they would conceal themselves in the high grass.
Then were in Britain the Britons most bold; they assumed to them mickle mood, and did all that seemed good to them; and Vortimer, the young king, was doughty man through all things.
Night the field had darkened, the light of day was failing; Then were given to many wounds from which the life-blood fast was welling.
Then were tied, at her bidding, rods from hedges broken; Gerlind would not give over the training hard 'gainst which the maid had spoken.
We stopped here a short time; then were sent to quarters to pack up every thing and march.
We lay there only one afternoon, then were put on board the smacks, and were landed at Antwerp.
We lay in camp until the whole army joined; then were reviewed by Lord Wellington, and received orders to take the line of march, and follow the enemy.
We then were marched to Castello de Vido, another hill town about two leagues from Portalegre.
Trevor pronounced it jolly fun, and declared that he should never grow tired of living as we then were doing.
That now far-famed river has its sources in the region in which we then were.
Only those who have been suffering from thirst as we then were, or in an open boat in the tropics, or when traversing the sandy deserts, can fully comprehend our sensations.
The juggler might at any moment accuse us of sorcery, and, in the excited state of mind in which the people surrounding us then were, they might set upon us, and in spite of the resistance we might make, tear us limb from limb.
That we might have a better chance of finding the spot we were in search of, we separated, Tubbs and Charley going on ahead, while Harry, Aboh, and I searched round on either side of where we then were.
And there was ever haunting round the palm A lusty youth, but poor, who often saw The splendour sparkling from aloft, and thought "An I could climb and lay my hand upon it, Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings.
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