 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 328 pages
...scene. The whole atmosphere, by degrees, kindled up and dimly shewed the boundless landscape. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging...extinguished, and the shades disappear. The forests, which just before seemed black and bottomless gulphs, from •whence no ray was reflected, to shew their... | |
 | Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 342 pages
...in dull repose, and slumbering on their heavy bases. " Both sea and land looked dark and confined, as if only emerging from their original chaos; and light and darkness seemed still undivided." Even the melancholy pleasure I derived from the contemplation of the sublime objects of nature, thus... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 420 pages
...scene. The whole atmosphere, by degrees, kindled up and dimly shewed the boundless landscape. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging...from their original chaos ; and light and darkness hteiued still undivided, till the morning, by degrees Advancing, completed the separation. The stars... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 346 pages
...atmosphere by degrees kindled up, and showed dimly and faintly the boundless prospect around. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging from their original chain, and light and darkness seemed still undivided ; till the morning by degrees advancing, completed... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - 1817 - 552 pages
...atmosphere by degrees kindled up, and shewed dimly and faintly the boundless prospect around. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging...darkness seemed still undivided ; till the morning by (li-grees advancing, completed the separation. The stars are extinguished, and the shades disuppcar.... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1820 - 226 pages
...prospect around. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only THE AMERICAN PRECEPTOR. M9 from their original chaos ; and light and darkness...morning, by degrees advancing, completed the separation. 5. The stars are extinguished, and the shades disappear. The forests, which but now seemed black and... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pages
...Sicily as on a map ; and can trace every river through all its windings, from its source to its mouth. light and darkness seemed still undivided ; till the...morning,' by degrees advancing, completed the separation. 4. But the most beautiful part of the scene is certainly the mountain itself, the island of Sicily,... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...atmosphere by degrees kindled up, and shewed dimly and faintly the boundless prospect around. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging...darkness seemed still undivided; till the morning by dfgress advancing, completed the separation. The stars are extinguished, and the shade* disappear.... | |
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...atmosphere hy decrees kindled up, and shewed dimly and faintly.the boundless prospect around. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging...from their original chaos ; and light and darkness ^eemed still undivided, till the morning by degrees advancing, completed the separation. The stars... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...atmosphere by degrees kindled up, and shewed dimly and faintly. the boundless prospect around. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging from their original chaos ; and light flnd darkness Deemed still undivided, till the morning by degrees advancing, completed the separation.... | |
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Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging from their original chaos ; and light and darkness seemed still undivided, till the morning by degrees advancing, completed the separation. The stars are extinguished, and the shades disappear. 
