 | Isaac Israel Hayes - 1867 - 480 Seiten
...neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip of land which lies between the mer de glace and the sea ; and no object...horizon, glimmered through the drifting snow that whirled out of the illimitable distance, and scudded over the icy plain ;— to the eye, in undulating... | |
 | 1867 - 498 Seiten
...neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip of land which lies between the mer de glace and the sea; and no object...the face of the fullorbed moon, which, descending toward the horizon, glimmered through the drifting snow that whirled out of the illimitable distance.,... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1874 - 646 Seiten
...of a vast frozen Sahara immeasurable to the human eye. There was neither hill, mountain, nor gorge, anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip...through the drifting snow that scudded over the icy plain — to the eye in undulating lines of downy softness, to the flesh in showers of piercing darts."... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1875 - 610 Seiten
...neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip of land which lies between the mer de glace and the sea, and no object...horizon, glimmered through the drifting snow that whirled out of the illimitable distance, and scudded over 1 ' The Open Polar Sea,' p. 134. the icy... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1878 - 704 Seiten
...of a vast frozou Sahara, immeasurable to the human eye. There was neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip...object met the eye but our feeble tent, which bent to • Geikie's Ice Age, p. 101. the storm. Fitful clouds swept over the face of the fullorbed moon, which,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1878 - 708 Seiten
...hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip of laud between the Mor de Glace and the sea, and no object met the eye but our feeble tent, which bent to * Geikie's Ice Age, p. 101. the storm. Fitful clouds swept over the face of the fullorbed moon, which,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1878 - 712 Seiten
...There was neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip of laud between the Mer de Glace and the sea, and no object met the eyo but our feeble tont, which bent to • Geikie's Ice Age, p. 101. the storm. Fitful clouds swept... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1883 - 498 Seiten
...of a vast frozen Sahara immeasurable to the human eye. There was neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip...through the drifting snow that scudded over the icy plain, to the eye in undulating lines of downy softness, to the flesh in showers of piercing darts."... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1883 - 498 Seiten
...of a vast frozen Sahara immeasurable to the human eye. There was neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip...through the drifting snow that scudded over the icy plain, to the eye in undulating lines of downy softness, to the flesh in showers of piercing darts."... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1892 - 688 Seiten
...of a vast frozen Sahara, immeasurable to the human eye. There was neither hill, mountain, nor gorge anywhere in view. We had completely sunk the strip...through the drifting snow that scudded over the icy plain — to the eye in undulating lines of downy softness, to the flesh in showers of piercing darts."... | |
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We had completely sunk the strip of land between the Mer de Glace and the sea, and no object met the eye but our feeble tent, which bent to the storm. Fitful clouds swept over the face of the full-orbed moon, which, descending towards the horizon, glimmered... 
