 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 474 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... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...such 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... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 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... | |
 | Examinations - 1893 - 408 pages
...(77)momentof so (78) sublime a discovery. What a (79) bewildering crowd of (8o)conjectures must have (8 i) thronged upon his mind as to the land which lay before him (82)covered with (83)darkness. That it was (84) fruitful was (85)evident from the (86)vegetables which... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1894 - 402 pages
...durable as the world. 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 il was fruitful, was evident from the vegetables which floated from its shores. He thought, too, that... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1894 - 422 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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1894 - 462 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 458 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 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... | |
 | Success - 1902 - 532 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... 
