 | 1834 - 850 pages
...more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrodden save by the foot of the Indian; — the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters: — the trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendent moss, fluttering in the wind ; and... | |
 | Thomas Hamilton - 1833 - 426 pages
...earth more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrodden save by the foot of the Indian ; the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters ; the trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendent moss, fluttering in the wind ; and the... | |
 | Thomas Hamilton - 1833 - 420 pages
...earth more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrodden save by the foot of the Indian; the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters; the trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendant moss, fluttering in the wind; and the... | |
 | 1834 - 850 pages
...more striking. The dreary anil pestilential solitudes, untrodden save by the foot of the Indian ; — the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters: — the trees, with a long and hideous dra|xjry of pendent инь.-., fluttering in the wind... | |
 | 1835 - 538 pages
...earth more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrodden, save by the foot of the Indian ; the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators,...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters ; the trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendent moss, fluttering in the wind ; and the... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...earth more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitude, untrodden, save by the foot of the Indian ; the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators,...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters ; the trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendent moss, fluttering in the wind ; and the... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...more striking;. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrodden, save by the foot of the Indian ; the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators,...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters; the trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendent mass, fluttering in the wind ; and the... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...earth more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitude, untrodden, save by the foot of the Indian ; the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators,...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters ; ihe trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendent moss, fluttering in the wind ; and the... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 pages
...earth more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrodden save by the foot of the Indian ; the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators which float past, i apparently asleep, on the drift-wood ; and Bn occasional vulture, attracted by its impure prey on... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 320 pages
...more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrod den, save by the foot of the Indian ;H the absence of all living objects, save the huge alligators,...attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters ; the trees, with a long and hideous drapery of pendent" moss, fluttering in the wind ; and... | |
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Mississippi as wanting grandeur and beauty. Most certainly, it has neither. But there is no scenery on earth more striking. The dreary and pestilential solitudes, untrodden, save by the foot of the Indian ; the absence of all living objects, save the... 
