| Edmund Burke - 1787 - 608 pages
...furprifed with a moft won" derful, deleftable vifion. The " fea that wames the Sicilian more " fwelled up, and became, for ten " miles in length, like a chain of " dark mountains ; while the wa" ters near our Calabrian coaft " grew quite fmooth, and .in an inftant appeared as one clear poliihed... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 pages
...was furprifed with a moil wonderful delectable vifion. The fea that wafhes the Sicilian fhore fwelled up, and became, for ten miles in length, like a chain...dark mountains; while the waters near our Calabrian coaft grew quite fmooth, and in an inftant appeared as one clear poliihcd mirror, reclining againft... | |
| 1800 - 600 pages
...wa>- furpdfrd with a mon wonderful, ddetlable vifion. The fea that wafbes the Sicilian (bore fwelled up, and became, for ten miles in length, like a chain of " dark mountains ; while the wa" ters near our Calabrian coaft " grew quite fmooth, and in an " inftant appeared asoné clear po''... | |
| 1800 - 598 pages
...with a moil won" derftil, deleitable vifion. The " fea that wafhes the Sicilian (höre " 1 we) led up, and became, for ten " miles in length, like a chain of " dark mountains ; while the wa" ters near our Calabrian coaíl " grew quite fmooth, and in an " inftant appeared as one clear po"... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 pages
...I stood at my window I was surprised with a most wonderful delectable vision ; the sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up, and became for ten...near our Calabrian coast grew quite smooth, and in an instaiit appeared as one clear polished mirror reclining against the. ridge. On this glass was depicted,... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...wonderful delectable vision ; the sea that washes the Sicilian ibore swelled up, and became for ten mile* in length like a chain of dark mountains ; while the...as one clear polished mirror reclining against the ridge. On this glass was depicted, in chiaro-scuro, a string of several thousand of pilasters, all... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...I stood at my window 1 was surprised with a must wonderful delectable vision ; the sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up, and became for ten...as one clear polished mirror reclining against the ridge. On this glass was depicted, in chiaro-obscuro, u string of several thousand of pilastres, all... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 482 pages
...wonderful delectable vision ; the sea that washes* the Sicilian shore swelled up, and became for tea' miles in length like a chain of dark mountains ; while...as one' clear polished mirror reclining against the ridge. On this glass was depicted, in chiaro- obscure, a string of several thousand of pilastres, all... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 962 pages
...wonderful delectable vision ; the sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up, and became for tenmiles in length like a chain of dark mountains ; while the...as one' clear polished mirror reclining against the ridge. On this glass was depicted, in chiaro-obseuro, a string of several thousand of pilastrcs, all... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...I stood at my window, I was surprised with a most wonderful, delectable vision. The sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up, and became, for ten...the aforesaid ridge. On this glass was depicted, in chfara ,curo, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, air! dogree... | |
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