 | 1818 - 606 Seiten
...nature. Many of them were upwards of four feet high, generally sharpened at the extremity, and about two feet in thickness. A more brilliant scene perhaps...of the torches rendered it peculiarly enchanting/ — vol. ii. pp. 135, 196. We must here (though much remains on which we could dwell with pleasure)... | |
 | 1818 - 598 Seiten
...nature. Many of them were upwards of four feet hi«h, generally sharpened at the extremity, and about two feet in thickness. A more brilliant scene perhaps...of the torches rendered it peculiarly enchanting.' — vol. ii. pp. 195, 196. We must here (though much remains on which we could' dwell with pleasure)... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1819 - 634 Seiten
...nature. Many of them were upwards of four feet high, generally sharpened at the extremity, and about two feet in thickness. A more brilliant scene perhaps...of the torches rendered it peculiarly enchanting. Quitting this exquisite spot, we passed along the side of a double layer of ice, which was quite smooth... | |
 | 1819 - 630 Seiten
...two feet in thickness. A more brilliant scene perhaps never presented itselfto the human eye, nor wa? it easy for us to divest ourselves of the idea that...of the torches rendered it peculiarly enchanting. — vol. ii. pp. 195, 196. We must here (though much remains on which we could dwell with pleasure)... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 Seiten
...brilliant scene, says Henderson, perhaps never presented itself to the human eye, nor was it easy f6r us to divest ourselves of the idea that we actually...one of the fairy scenes depicted in Eastern fable. . Among the forms under which caverns present themselves, Humboldt distinguishes three principal kinds,... | |
 | John Foster - 1858 - 626 Seiten
...animated nature. A more brilliant scene perhaps never presented itself to the human eye, nor was it easy to divest ourselves of the idea that we actually beheld...of the torches rendered it peculiarly enchanting." THE HOT SPRINGS OP HVERAVELLIR. From this cavern, the route was directed toward the hot springs of... | |
 | John Foster - 1858 - 624 Seiten
...animated nature. A more brilliant scene perhaps never presented itself to the human eye, nor was it easy to divest ourselves of the idea that we actually beheld...of the torches rendered it peculiarly enchanting." THE HOT SPRINGS OF HVERATELLIR. From this cavern, the route was directed toward the hot springs of... | |
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Many of them were upwards of four feet high, generally sharpened at the extremity, and about two feet in thickness. A more brilliant scene perhaps never presented itself to the human eye, nor was it easy for us to divest ourselves of the idea that we... 