| 1847 - 356 σελίδες
...immediate neighbourhood. Davidson's " Trade and Travel in the Far East." ICEBEBGS IN THE ATLANTIC. ONE morning, earlier than the usual time of rising,...domes had vanished, and a long, low island of rough ice and snow lay on the surface of the water. There is something impressive and dismal in the fate... | |
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 σελίδες
...the mass. While we were passing, the crisis of this process chanced to arrive. 4. The huge white mass tottered for a moment, then fell into the calm sea...wide circles over the ocean, each ring diminishing in height till at length they all sank to rest. When the spray had fallen again, the glittering domes... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 σελίδες
...are but rarely met with. We were all soon on deck, and for a worthy object. One was a grand object, with two great domes, each as large as that of St....domes had vanished, and a long, low island of rough ice and snow lay on the surface of the water. There is something impressive and dismal in the fate... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 232 σελίδες
...; the lower part was like frosted silver. Where the heat of the sun had melted the surface, and ib had frozen again, in its gradual decay it had assumed...domes had vanished, and a long, low island of rough ice and snow lay on the surface of the water. There is something impressive and dismal in the fate... | |
| Hutchinson Family (Singers) - 1989 - 506 σελίδες
...angular and fantastic shapes, reflecting from its green, transparent mass thousands of prismatic colors; while, below, the gentle swell dallied with its cliff-like...glittering domes had vanished, and a long, low island of round snow and ice lay on the surface of the water. The gents and ladies walked the upper deck some... | |
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