| Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango , 12mo; A Series of Discourses on the Christian Religion...with Mod-ern Astronomy, 1817, 8vo; The Christian crew«, he waited for the night to pass away; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage... | |
| English dictation - 1881 - 156 pages
...and unknown regions ? A thousand speculations of this kind must have swarmed upon him as he watched for the night to pass away, wondering whether the...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilisation. LXVIII. The fire was soon taken notice of, though in the midst... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 664 pages
...unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand...anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away, wonderingwhether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 1020 pages
...unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand...kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crows, he waited for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage... | |
| Washington Irving - West (U.S.) - 1883 - 1084 pages
...unknown regions ? Had ne come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendor of oriental civilization. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD.... | |
| Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 328 pages
...was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of this kind must have swarmed upon him, as with his anxious...and gilded cities, and all the splendour of Oriental civilisation. he saw before him a level island several leagues in extent, and covered with trees like... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883 - 240 pages
...race of giants, large, and strong, and fierce ? A thousand thoughts of this kind must have crowded upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for...wilderness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering temples, and gilded cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilisation. 5. It was on Friday morning,... | |
| Blackwood William and sons - 1883 - 268 pages
...regions'! Had he come upon some wild island, far in the Indian seas; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies'! A thousand...speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him as he watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness,... | |
| John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 234 pages
...far in the Indian Sea ? or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? 8. A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crew, he waited for the night to pass away, wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage... | |
| Washington Irving - 1885 - 474 pages
...unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendor of oriental civilization. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WOULD.... | |
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