 | 1828 - 640 pages
...the world itself. " It is difficult even for the imagination to conceive the feelings of such a man, at the moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering...upon his mind, as to the land which lay before him, covored with darkness ! That it was fruitful, was evident from the vegetables which floated from its... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...for the imagination to conceive the feelings of such a man, at the moment of 10 sublime a discover}-. What a bewildering crowd of conjectures must have...upon his mind, as to the land which lay before him, twered with darkness ! That it was fruitful, TO evident from the vegetables which floated ffan iu shores.... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1829 - 346 pages
...the world itself. It is difficult even for the imagination to ^conceive the feelings of such a man, at the moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering crowd of conjectures must havethronged upon his mind, as to the land, which lay before him, covered with darkness. That it was... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...world itself. " It is difficult even for the imagination to conceive the feelings of such a man, it the moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering crowd of conjectures must have thronged upon bis mind, as to the land which lay before him, covered with darkness ! That it was fruitful was evident... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - History, Ancient - 1846 - 414 pages
...the world itself. It is difficult, even for the imagination, to conceive the feelings of such a man, at the moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering...He thought, too, that he perceived in the balmy air all the fragrance of aromatic groves. But what were its inhabitants 1 Were they like those of the other... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...the world itself. " It is difficult even for the imagination to conceive the feelings of such a man at the moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering...from the vegetables which floated from its shores. Ho thought, too, that he perceived in the balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - History, Ancient - 1846 - 414 pages
...the feelings such a man, at the moment of so sublime ac covery. What a bewildering crowd of conjecU 1 must have thronged upon his mind, as to the land which...He thought, too, that he perceived in the balmy air all the fragrance of aro-matic groves. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 788 pages
...the world itself. " It is difficult even for the imagination to conceive the feelings of such a man at the moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering...which lay before him, covered with darkness. That it wa_> fruitful was evident, from the vegetables which floated from its shores He thought, too, that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 454 pages
...a man, at such a moment ; or the conjectures which must have thronged upon his mind, as to the land before him, covered with darkness. That it was fruitful,...from its shores. He thought, too, that he perceived the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light he had beheld proved it the residence of man. But... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1849 - 278 pages
...a man, at such a moment ; or the conjectures which must have thronged upon his mind, as to the land before him, covered with darkness. That it was fruitful,...from its shores. He thought, too, that he perceived the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light he had beheld proved it the residence of man. But... | |
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... before him, covered with darkness. That it was fruitful, was evident from the vegetables which floated from its shores. He thought, too, that he perceived the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light he had beheld proved it the residence of... 
