 | Washington Irving - America - 1828 - 574 pages
...tree, floated by them ; then they picked up a reed, a small board, and, above all, a staff artificially carved. All gloom and mutiny now gave way to sanguine...custom on board of the admiral's ship, the mariners expressed a peremptory determination to persevere, in defiance of all dan> g*n and difficulties. It... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...tree, floated by them : then they picked up a reed, a small board, and, above all, a staff artificially carved. All gloom and mutiny now gave way to sanguine...being the first to discover the long-sought-for land. " The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than ияиа!, and they had made great progress.... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...acceded to his verdict of acquittal. LESSON CXXI. Discovery of the New World.—WASHINGTON IRVING. IN the evening, when, according to invariable custom...sung the Salve Regina, or vesper hymn to the Virgin, Columbus made an impressive address to his crew. He pointed out the goodness of God in thus conducting... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - America - 1833 - 290 pages
...plain, and in none so beautiful, as Mr. Irving's. I will, then, give you parts of his narrative. " In the evening, when, according to invariable custom on board of the admiral's ship, the mariner's had sung the Salve Regina, or vesper hymn to the Virgin, he made an impressive address to... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...artificially carved. All gloom nnd mutiny now gave way to sanguine expectation ; and throughout tlie day, each one was eagerly on the watch, in hopes of...board of the admiral's ship, the mariners had sung the Vesper Hymn to the Virgin, Columbus made an impressive address to his crew. He pointed out the goodness... | |
 | Charles James Cannon - 1843 - 150 pages
...Consolation! 130 Night 131 THE CROWNING HOUR. [In the evening, when, according to invariable custom on board the Admiral's ship, the mariners had sung the Salve...Virgin, he made an impressive address to his crew. v He pointed out the goodness of God in thus conducting them by such soft and favouring breezes across... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...tree, floated by them ; then they picked up a reed, a small board, and, above all, a staff artificially carved. All gloom and mutiny now gave way to sanguine...when, according to invariable custom on board of the admira1's ship, the mariners had sung the salve regina, or vesper hymn to the Virgin, he made an impressive... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...tree, floated by them; then they picked up a reed, a small board, and, above all, a staff artificially carved. All gloom and mutiny now gave way to sanguine...when, according to invariable custom on board of the admira1's ship, the mariners had sung the salve regina, or vesper hymn to the Virgin, he made an impressive... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...then they picked up a reed, a small board, and, above all, a staff artificially carved. All g)6oinand mutiny now gave way to sanguine expectation ; and...discover the long-soughtfor land. " In the evening, whon, according to invariable cuslom on board of the admiral's ship, Me mariner* had sang the salve... | |
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Besides a quantity of fresh weeds, such as grow in rivers, they saw a green fish of a kind which keeps about rocks ; then a branch of thorn with berries on it, and recently separated from the tree, floated by them ; then they picked up a reed, a small... 
