| James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water j scarce she dares attempt The sea- like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth,...course, Our floods are rills. With unabated force, 845 In silent dignity they sweep along ; And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful... | |
| James Rennell - 1793 - 594 pages
...magnificent object ; for, Scarce the muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mafs Of rushing water; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wond'rous length of course, Our floods are rills THOMSON'S SEASONS. • My information comes from a person who had resided at Ava. See the Memoir, page... | |
| James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...roaring Andes , huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares...they sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wild* , And fruitful deserts , worlds of solitude , AVhere the sun smiles and seasons teem... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana f. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass* Of rushing water; scarce she dares...they sweep along, And traverse realms Unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in... | |
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana f. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water; scarce she dares attempt...they sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pages
...those insepts called fire-flies make a beautiful appearance in the night. h The river of the Amazons. Of rushing water; scarce she dares attempt The sea-like...they sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...Orelluna. Scarce tite-Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mags Of rushing water ; scarceshe dares attempt ••• The sea-like Plata ; to whose:...th,ey sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful detsarts , worlds of solitude , ni, i . Where the sun smiles and seasons... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends. The mighty Orellana t. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares...wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills. With unahated force, In silent dignity they sweep along, And traverse reahus unknown, and hlooming wilds,... | |
| James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the Muse 840 Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares...attempt The s.ea-like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills. With unabated force, 845 In silent... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 422 pages
...Creation are formed upon the largest scale. There the Rivers of St. Laurence, Amazon, Oroonoko, and Plata to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course Our floods are rills roll their mighty waters to the Ocean ; and there the towering Andes, extending 5000 miles in North... | |
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