| History - 1790 - 522 pages
...colonel Tinnns, his nephew, ufed to mention the following proof. A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain fell in the night — he had not kennel, and away they went into the field. After the fatigues of hunting, he refrtßxd himfelf by rubbing... | |
| Edward Topham - Legislators - 1791 - 144 pages
...late Colonel Timms, his nephew, ufed to mention the following proof. A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain fell in the night — he had not been long in bed before he felt himfelf wet through ; and putting his hand out of the cloaths, found the rain was dropping through... | |
| Edward Topham - 1791 - 140 pages
...late Colonel Timms, his nephew, ufed to mention the following proof. A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain fell, in the night — he had not been long in bed befcre he felt himfelf wet through ; and putting his hand out of the cloaths, found the rain was dropping... | |
| G.W. Johnson - Biography - 1795 - 418 pages
...Colonel Timms, his nephew, ufeil trfhtiention the following proof: A few days after he went thithVf, a great quantity of rain fell in the night; he had not been long in bed before he felt himfelf wet through; and, putting his hand out of the clothes, found the rair * was dropping through... | |
| James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 526 pages
...colonel Timms, his nephew, used to mention the following proof. A few days after he- went thither, a great quantity of rain fell in the night; he had not been in bed, before he felt himself wet through; and putting his hand out of the clothes, found the rain,... | |
| Edward TOPHAM (Major.) - 1802 - 38 pages
...to mention the following proof. A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain falling in the night, he had not been long in bed before he found himfelf wet through ; and putting his hand out of the cloaths, found the rain was dropping from... | |
| William Granger - Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 688 pages
...late Colonel Timms, his nephew, ufed to mention the following proof. A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain fell in the night— he had not been long in bed before he felt himfelf wet through; and putting his hand out of the cloaths, found the rain was dropping through the... | |
| Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 280 pages
...Colonel Timins, his nephew, used to mention the following proof. A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain fell in the night; he had...bed, before he felt himself wet through; and, putting his hand out of the clothes, found the rain was dropping through the cieling upon the bed—he got... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...Elwes, has often mentioned the following anecdote respecting it. " A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain fell in the night — he...bed before he felt himself wet through ; and putting his hand out of the clothes, found the rain was dropping through the ceiling upon the bed — he got... | |
| Great Britain - 1821 - 682 pages
...late Colonel Timms, his nephew, used to mention the following proof. A few days after he went thither, a great quantity of rain fell in the night : he had...before he felt himself wet through ; and, putting his hand out of the clothes, found the rain was dropping through the ceiling upon the bed ; he got... | |
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