 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1833 - 608 pages
...Columbus, in this little space of time, must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished...was revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff even of sages, was triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory, which must be as durable... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1833 - 600 pages
...of time, must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and dnnger, he had accomplished his object. The great mystery...was revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff even of sages, was triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory, which must be as durable... | |
 | Spain - 1834 - 300 pages
...tumultuous and intense. In spite of every difficulty and danger, he had succeeded in his enterprise. The theory, which had been the scoff of sages, was triumphantly...which must be as durable as the world itself. " It was on the morning of Friday, the 12th of October, 1492, that Columbus first beheld the new world.... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...Columbus, in this little space of time, must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished...ocean was revealed. His theory, which had been the sneer of fools, and the scoff of sages, was triumphantly established. He had secured to himself a glory... | |
 | Mrs. Frederick Montgomerie - 1839 - 244 pages
...of Columbus in this little space of time must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished...glory which must be as durable as the world itself. — Life of Columbus, by Irving. I driven to and fro by many an adverse current, for you are trying... | |
 | Emerson Davis - Teaching - 1839 - 116 pages
...&c., possess a faculty not given to those of other species, namely, of closing the pupil entirely. It is difficult even for the imagination to conceive the feelings of such a man, at {he moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering crowd of conjectures must have thronged upon... | |
 | Washington Irving - America - 1841 - 440 pages
...his object. The great mystery of the ocean was revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff even of sages, was triumphantly established ; he had secured...even for the imagination to conceive the feelings ot such a man, at the moment of so sublime a discovery. What a bewildering crowd of conjectures must... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 612 pages
...feelings of Columbus in ' little snacv of time must have Wen tumultuous anil intense. At lengtn, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished his object. The great mystery of tbe ocean wns revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff of sages, was ' imphantlyost-ihlishcd... | |
 | 1843 - 602 pages
...voices on ihe silent air, Went o'er ihe waves in songs of gladness there ! Vol.. II. No. III. 19 ject. The great mystery of the ocean was revealed ; his theory, which had been the aeon of sagoft, WBB triumphantly established ; lie had secured to himself a glory which miut be u durable... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...of Columbus in this little space of lime must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished...scoff of sages, was triumphantly established ; he had securea to himself a glory which must be as durable as the world itself. " It is difficult even for... | |
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The thoughts and feelings of Columbus in this little space of time must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished his object. The great mystery of the ocean was revealed ; his theory, which... 
