 | 1858 - 788 páginas
...encroaching more and more on his track. 1 It must have been an imposing sight, as he stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great...miles, his ears were gladdened with the novel music of <ii inn1; waves; and a surf, breaking in among the rocks at his feet, stayed his farther progress.... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1860 - 490 páginas
...Morton from a sledge excursion in June, 1854: 'It must have been an imposing sight, as he stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great...horizon of almost forty miles, his ears were gladdened by the novel music of dashing waves ; and a surf, breaking in among the rocks at his feet, stayed his... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1860 - 472 páginas
...from a sledge excursion in June, 1854 : ' It must have been an imposing sight, as he stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great...horizon of almost forty miles, his ears were gladdened by the novel music of dashing waves ; and a surf, breaking in among the rocks at his feet, stayed his... | |
 | 1857 - 498 páginas
...have been an imposing sight, as he stood at this termination of his onward journey, looking out on the great waste of waters before him. Not a ' speck of ice,' to use his own words, could be seen. Then from a height of four hundred and eighty feet, which commanded an horizon of almost forty miles,... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1856 - 702 páginas
...reader. Dr. Kane further remarks : " It must have been an imposing sight, as he [Morton] stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great...height of four hundred and eighty feet, which commanded an horizon of almost forty miles, his ears were gladdened with the novel music of dashing waves ; and... | |
 | 1856 - 702 páginas
...reader. Dr. Kane further remarks : " It must have been an imposing sight, as he [Morton] stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great...height of four hundred and eighty feet, which commanded an horizon of almost forty miles, his ears were gladdened with the novel music of dashing waves ; aud... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 páginas
...let our author speak in his own manly way : "It must have been an imposing sight as he stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great...of waters before him. Not a 'speck of ice,' to use hie own words, could be seen. There, from a bight of 540 541 four hundred and eighty foot, which commanded... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1856 - 708 páginas
...reader. Dr. Kane further remarks : " It must have been an imposing sight, as he [Morton] stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great waste of waters before him. Xot a speck of ice, to use his own words, could be seen. There, from a height of four hundred and eighty... | |
 | 1857 - 686 páginas
...William Morton, and the party he commanded : " There, from n height of four hundred and eighty foot, which commanded a horizon of almost forty miles, his...gladdened with the novel music of dashing waves ; and n surf, breaking in among the rocks at hie feet, stayed his further progress. "Beyond this cape all... | |
 | 1857 - 694 páginas
...There, from a height of four bundred and eighty feet, which commanded a horizon of almost forty railes, his ears were gladdened with the novel music of dashing waves ; and n surf, breaking in among the rocks at his feet, stayed his further progress. - Beyond this cape nil... | |
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It must have been an imposing sight, as he stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great waste of waters before him. " Not a speck of ice," to use his own words, " could be seen." There, from a height of four hundred and eighty... 
