 | John Keane - Ethnology - 1899 - 226 pages
...of Columbus,' says Washington Irving, ' must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished...triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the feelings of such a man at such a moment,... | |
 | Success - 1902 - 532 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...triumphantly established; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the feelings of such a man, at such a moment;... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 702 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...triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the feelings of such a man, at such a moment,... | |
 | Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 pages
...ie they furled their sails. space of time must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished...imagination to conceive the feelings of such a man (1), at the moment of so sublime a discovery (2). What a bewildering crowd (3) of conjectures must... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1905 - 362 pages
...the voices of angels to the late despairing seamen. In spite of every difficulty and danger, Columbus had accomplished his object. " The great mystery of the ocean was revealed," says Mr. Irving. •' His theory, which had been the scoff of sages, was triumphantly established ;... | |
 | John Roy Musick - United States - 1908 - 556 pages
...last, despite every difficulty and danger, the great object of his life seemed within his grasp. The mystery of the ocean was revealed; his theory, which...the scoff of sages, was triumphantly established, and he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the... | |
 | JOHN R. MUSICK - 1907 - 610 pages
...last, despite every difficulty and danger, the great object of his life seemed within his grasp. The mystery of the ocean was revealed; his theory, which...the scoff of sages, was triumphantly established, and he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the... | |
 | Sidney Grant Firman - English language - 1910 - 336 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...triumphantly established; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the feelings of such a man, at such a •moment;... | |
 | Newfoundland Council of Higher Education - 1914 - 228 pages
...in spite of /every difiiculty 2 and danger he had accomplished his object. The great mystery / of 2j the ocean was revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff of / sages, was established ; he had secured to himself a glory which 2£ must / be as durable as the world itself... | |
 | Asa Don Dickinson - Biography - 1916 - 238 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...triumphantly established; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. JAMES COOK (1728-1779) JAMES COOK THE BOY WHO RAN AWAY TO SEA IN THE eighteenth... | |
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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... 
