Part, Chapter
1 I, I | Joliffe guided him with a firm hand. So it came to pass,
2 I, V | teams, sped rapidly over the firm smooth surface.~The weather
3 I, VII | would rather count upon firm footing, whether on ice
4 I, VIII | press on as long as we have firm ground beneath our feet,
5 I, X | banks, composed of fine firm sand, and clothed in part
6 I, XI | footprints clearly visible in the firm clay.~These might reveal
7 I, XVII | the lake was smooth and firm enough to satisfy the most
8 I, XVII | surface of the snow was firm and suitable for walking,
9 I, XVII | Australia!~The frozen ocean was firm enough to have allowed of
10 I, XVIII| However, they remained firm, although they had constantly
11 I, XXII | the ground again became firm and motionless.~The house,
12 II, I | ground remained apparently firm and motionless, and there
13 II, I | island, which we thought firm ground with an immovable
14 II, II | could get across the ice to firm ground before the next thaw
15 II, III | sand and earth, without any firm foundation. Vessels at sea
16 II, III | knew we had not built on firm ground. But as things had
17 II, III | by an indentation of the firm ground, had disappeared!
18 II, IV | be certain of treading on firm ground? Might not the earth
19 II, V | Had he been building on firm ground, with what delight
20 II, VI | pieces before it touched firm ground?~There could be no
21 II, VI | island, which appeared as firm and motionless as when it
22 II, VII | that we are not far from firm ground!”~Had the southern
23 II, X | Mrs Barnett, “is the sea firm enough for us to cross it?”~“
24 II, XII | would have been useless on firm ground, the precautions
25 II, XIII | render communication with firm ground very uncertain. Moreover,
26 II, XIII | the ground still remained firm beneath their feet.~On the
27 II, XIV | though rough, was perfectly firm everywhere. This was no
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