No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture, they are huge, uncouth masses, stuck in the sea, while their chief beauty and grandeur, — their slow, stately motion, the whirling of the snow about their summits,... The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art - Page 72publié par - 1841Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1841 - 986 pages
...like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture, they are huge, uncouth masses, stuck in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur — their slow,...the light of a clear day, look like little floating isles of sapphire. — Two Years before the Mast. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ENGLAND. BY AN AMERICAN. (From... | |
| 1840 - 544 pages
...in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur — their slow, stately motion — the whiiling of the snow about their summits, and the fearful groaning...look like little floating fairy isles of sapphire." On the 19th of September, 183G, the vessel was safe in Boston Harbor. It was our intention when wo... | |
| Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - 1840 - 540 pages
...like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture, they are huge, uncouth masses, stuck in the sea, while their chief beauty and grandeur, — their slow,...look like little floating fairy isles of sapphire. From a north-east course we gradually hauled to the eastward, and after sailing about two hundred miles,... | |
| Tales - 1847 - 336 pages
...uncouth masses, stuck in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur, their slow, stately motions, the whirling of the snow about their summits, and...smooth sea, in the light of a clear day look like floating fairy isles of sapphire." Far different from the ice-bergs, and more dangerous, are the ice-fields,... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture, they are huge, uncouth masses, stuck in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur — their slow...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and crackling of their parts — the picture cannot give. The ice of the bergs is compact and solid, of... | |
| 1840 - 624 pages
...in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur — their slow, stately motion — the whiilingof the snow about their summits, and the fearful groaning...look like little floating fairy isles of sapphire." On the 19th of September, 1836, the vessel was safe in Boston Harbor. It was our intention when we... | |
| John Frost - 1854 - 574 pages
...thing like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture they are huge uncouth masses stuck in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur — their slow...small and distant islands, floating on the smooth sea jn the light of a clear day, look like little floating fairy isles of sapphire. ADVENTURES IN CIRCASSIA.... | |
| Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...anything like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture they are huge uncouth masses stuck in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur, their slow,...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and crackling of their parts, the picture cannot give. This is the large iceberg ; while the small and... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture, they are huge, uncouth masses, stuck in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur — their slow...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and crackling of their parts — the picture cannot give. The ice of the bergs is compact and solid, of... | |
| Sea - 1865 - 56 pages
...anything like the true effect of an iceberg." In a picture they are huge uncouth masses stuck in the sea; while their chief beauty and grandeur, their slow...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and crackling of their parts no picture can give. Ice-fields differ from icebergs in being flat. Though... | |
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