 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1826 - 410 pages
...all, and six miles advance in a day, is good progress. It is now refreshing, and imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large...concussion ; and then, as though she had collected her energy, and vanquished her enemy, she resumes her stately march, and mounts against the current,... | |
 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1826 - 410 pages
...all, and six miles advance in a day, is good progress. It is now refreshing, and imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large...quivers for a moment with the concussion ; and then, as thougli she had collected her energy, and vanquished her enemy, she resumes her stately march, and... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...streams. We considered ten miles a day as good progress. It is now refreshing, and it imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large...steam-boats scudding up the eddies as though on the wing. When they have run out of the eddy, and strike the current, it is a still more noble spectacle. The... | |
 | 1828 - 638 pages
...current, dash with oase through ten times that distance. Our traveller says — " It imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large...beautiful steam-boats scudding up the eddies, as though OB the wing, and when they have run out the eddy, strike the current. The foam bursts in a sheet quite... | |
 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1828 - 602 pages
...We considered ten miles a day, as good progress. It is now refreshing, and it imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large and beautiful steam boats scudding up the eddies, as though on the wing. When they have run out the eddy, and strike... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1832 - 824 pages
...days in succession, and considered ten miles a-day as good progress. It is now, hesays, refreshing to see' the large and beautiful steam-boats scudding up the eddies as though on the wing. When they have run out the eddy, and strike the current, it is a still more noble spectacle. The foam... | |
 | Timothy Flint - America - 1832 - 480 pages
...current, it is a still more noble spectacle. The foam bursts in a sheet quite over the deck. The boat quivers for a moment with the concussion; and then, as though she had collected energy, and vanquished her enemy, she resumes her stately march, and mounts against the current five... | |
 | Timothy Flint - America - 1832 - 750 pages
...We considered ten miles a day, as good progress. It is now refreshing, and it imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large and beautiful steam boats scudding up the eddies, as though on the wing. When they have run out the eddy, and strike... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 632 pages
...days in succession, and considered ten miles a-day as good progress. It is now, he says, refreshing to see the large and beautiful steam-boats scudding up the eddies as though on the wing. When they have run out the eddy, and strike the current, it is a still more noble spectacle. The foam... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...and six miles' advance in a day is good progress. 4. It is now refreshing, and imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large...quite over the deck. She quivers for a moment with tile concussion ; and then, as though she had collected her energy, and vanquished her enemy, she resumes... | |
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It is now refreshing, and imparts a feeling of energy and power to the beholder, to see the large and beautiful steam-boats scudding up the eddies, as though on the wing ; and when they have run out the eddy, strike the current. The foam bursts in a sheet... 
