| 1821 - 712 pages
...silence which reigned around us; a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the...of animated existence. Such indeed was the want of ob. jects to afford relief to the eye, or amusement to the mind, that a sione of more than usual size... | |
| 1821 - 476 pages
...at a much greater distance than usual, served now and then to break the silence which reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceable...were going, immediately became a mark on which our ejes -were unconsciously fixed, and towards which we mechanically advanced. " Dreary as such a scene... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pages
...which reigned around us, a silence far different from that peaceable composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country; it. was the...usual size appearing above the snow, in the direction to which we were going, immediately became a mark, on which our eyeswere unconsciously fixed, and towards... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...which reigned around us, a silence far different from that peaceable composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country; it was the...usual size appearing above the snow, in the direction to which we were going, immediately became a mark, on which our eyes were unconsciously fixed, and... | |
| 1821 - 488 pages
...which reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceable composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the...relief to the eye or amusement to the mind, that a --tone of more than usual size appearing above the snow, in the direction in which we were going, immediately... | |
| William Bingley - 1821 - 374 pages
...which reigned around,— a silence far different from that peaceable composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country : it was the...death-like stillness of the most dreary desolation, the total absence of animated existence. The weather became intensely severe; and, during the latter... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pages
...which reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence." One of the most remarkable of the observations here made, was the excessive intensity of the cold.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 786 pages
...which reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence." One of the most remarkable of the observations here made, was the excessive intensity of the cold.... | |
| Edinburgh cabinet library - 1830 - 456 pages
...which reigned around us ; a silence far different from that peaceable composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence." PARRY. During the winter at Melville Island, people were At length the sun reappears above the horizon... | |
| William Joseph Snelling - 1831 - 552 pages
...a much greater distance than usual, served now and then to break the silence which reigned around ; a silence far different from that peaceable composure...appearing above the snow, in the direction in which they might be going, immediately became a mark, on which their eyes were unconsciously fixed, and towards... | |
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