He was high enough still to have been hurt by the fall, had it not been for - the large skirts of his Gown, which being swelled by the Wind, gently upheld him till he set Foot on ground.


A Voyage to the Moon, Chapter VI (p. 56), Doubleday & McClure Co. 1849

Cyrano de Bergerac Quotes

He was high enough still to have been hurt by the fall, had it not been for - the large skirts of his Gown, which being swelled by the Wind, gently...

He was high enough still to have been hurt by the fall, had it not been for - the large skirts of his Gown, which being swelled by the Wind, gently...

He was high enough still to have been hurt by the fall, had it not been for - the large skirts of his Gown, which being swelled by the Wind, gently...

He was high enough still to have been hurt by the fall, had it not been for - the large skirts of his Gown, which being swelled by the Wind, gently...