All 16 Uses of
emerge
in
The Swiss Family Robinson
- We emerged from the wreck and glided into the open sea.
Chpt 1 *emerged = came out of
- Continuing our way through a thicket, which was so densely overgrown with lianas that we had to clear a passage with our hatchets, we again emerged on the seashore beyond, and found an open view, the forest sweeping inland, while on the space before us stood at intervals single trees of remarkable appearance.†
Chpt 2
- He sank, and then, buoyed up by the casks, emerged head and back from the water.†
Chpt 2
- After struggling onward for a short time, we emerged from the thickets into open ground, and saw the calabash trees in the distance.†
Chpt 6
- There were numbers of openings into the irregular sides of the group of dwellings, the nests resembling different apartments in a house common to all; twigs and small branches emerged here and there from the walls, and served as perches for the young birds, and resting-places and posts of observation for all.†
Chpt 7
- I explained this to Jack, and as we discussed the possibility of cutting one down and carrying a portion of it home, we reached the border of the marsh, and emerged upon the plain.†
Chpt 7
- He then crept in, followed closely by the dogs, and presently emerged bearing in his arms a handsome cub of a beautiful golden yellow and about the size of a small cat.†
Chpt 7
- The difficult march was at length over, and we emerged from the forest upon a large plain covered with curious little bushes; the branches of these little shrubs and the ground about them were covered with pure white flakes.†
Chpt 9
- Emerging beyond the thicket we found ourselves on firm ground, near the precipitous wall of rock, and perceived a clear sparkling brook flowing from an opening, which proved to be a cave or grotto of considerable size.†
Chpt 12
- The prospect which opened before us on emerging from the rocky pass was wide, and varied.†
Chpt 12
- Myriads of sea-fowl inhabited the most inaccessible of these, while on the lower ridges, seals, sea-bears and walruses, were to be seen, some basking lazily in the sun, some plunging into the water, or emerging awkwardly from it, hoisting their unwieldy bodies up the rocks by means of their tusks.†
Chpt 16
- On emerging into the dazzling sunshine, we found ourselves floating in the calm expanse of Pearl Bay; but it was some minutes before we could look around on the bright and lovely scene.†
Chpt 16
- 'The rock is moving!' shouted Franz; and a great black body emerged from the sea, while from the upper extremity rushed a column of water, which, with a mighty noise, rose upwards, and then fell like rain all around.†
Chpt 17
- The mystery was explained; for, as the great beast emerged yet further from the water, I recognized, from its enormous size and great length of head, the cachalot whale.†
Chpt 17
- Presently we emerged from the thicket through which we were passing, and saw before us a hut of sheltering boughs, at the entrance of which burned a cheerful fire.†
Chpt 17
- In another moment he emerged, leading by the hand a slight, handsome youth, by his dress apparently a young English naval officer.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(emerge) to come out, or to appear