 | Jarvis Gregg - 1833 - 250 pages
...little and little, N2 the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear, and a red, burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks. In the centre of this amphitheatre there is an arid basin, enclosed on all sides with summits scattered over with a... | |
 | 1835 - 350 pages
...Asphaltites, presenting nothing but stones and ashes, and a few thorny shrubs. The sides of the mountains enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds to th*... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1839 - 814 pages
...HIEROSOLYMA. " As we approach the centre of Judrea," says a celebrated writer, " the sides of the mountain enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and...succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks. In the centre of ihe mountains there is an arid basin, enclosed on all sides with yellow pebble-covered summits, which... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1866 - 818 pages
...the centre of Judaea,", says a celebrated writer, "the sides of the mountain enlarge, and assume ar. aspect at once more grand and more barren ; by little and little the vegetation languishes an» dies ; even mosses disappear ; and a red and burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks.... | |
 | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento - 1868 - 454 pages
...vulgar, who even attribute superior powers to him. X CHAPTER VI. LA RIOJA. ' The sides of the mountain enlarge and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little, the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; and mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds." —... | |
 | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento - 1889 - 408 pages
...CAPÍTULO II LA RIOJA. — EL COMANDANTE DE CAMPAÑA The sidos of tho monntains enlarge and assumo an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languiabes and dies; and mosses disappear, and a red burning hue sncceeds. Rousael,... | |
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The sides of the mountains enlarge, and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren. By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies; even mosses disappear, and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks. 
