 | 1840 - 544 pages
...the dashing of the waves upon it, which breakmg high with foam, lined its ba«c with a white ems'. ; and the thundering sound of the cracking of the mass,...to give to it the character of true sublimity. The innin body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo color, its base crusted with fro/.cn foam... | |
 | 1840 - 560 pages
...high with foam, lined its base with a white crust; and tbe thundering sound of the cracking of too mass, and the breaking and tumbling down of huge pieces...a slight element of fear, — all combined to give it the character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo color,... | |
 | 1840 - 576 pages
...the cracking of (tin тля», and the breaking and tumbling down of huge pieces ; together with iu nearness and approach, which added a slight element of fear, — all combined to give it the character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass wat*, as I have •aid, of an indigo... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - 1840 - 540 pages
...water, and its high points nodded against the clouds ; the dashing of the waves upon it, which, breaking high with foam, lined its base with a white crust...body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo color, its base crusted with frozen foam ; and as it grew thin and transparent toward the edges and... | |
 | Tales - 1847 - 336 pages
...water, and its high points nodded against the clouds ; the dashing of the waves upon it, which breaking high with foam, lined its base with a white crust...a slight element of fear — all combined to give it the character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo colour,... | |
 | 1840 - 624 pages
...water, and its high points nodded against the clouds : the dashing of the waves upon it, which breaking high with foam, lined its base with a white crust...body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo color, its base crusted with frozen foam ; and as it grew thin and transparent toward the edges and... | |
 | John Frost - 1854 - 574 pages
...clouds ; the dashing of the waves upon it, which, breaking high with foam, lined its base with a high crust ; and the thundering sound of the cracking of...a slight element of fear — all combined to give it the character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo colour,... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...water, and its high points nodded against the clouds. The dashing of the waves upon it, which, breaking high with foam, lined its base with a white crust,...added a slight element of fear, all combined to give it the character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo colour,... | |
 | James Currie (A.M.) - 1867 - 156 pages
...the dashing of the waves upon it, which, breaking high with foam, lined its base with a white crust, the thundering sound of the cracking of the mass,...added a slight element of fear, all combined to give it the character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass was of an indigo colour, its base crusted... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1869 - 150 pages
...nodded against the clouds ;. the dashing of the waves upon it, which, breaking high with foam, covered its base with a white crust ; and the thundering sound...added a slight element of fear, all combined to give it the character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass was, as I have said, of an indigo colour... | |
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Its great size ; — for it must have been from two to three miles in circumference, and several hundred feet in height ; — its slow motion, as its base rose and sank in the water, and its high points nodded against the clouds ; the dashing of the waves... 
