 | Charles Henry Eden - 1880 - 356 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of...glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | Thomas Frost - 1882 - 198 pages
...crossed a deep valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay, far beneath, the grand expanse of water, a boundless sea-horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty... | |
 | Clara L. Matéaux - 1883 - 344 pages
...arrival at the lake, had caught the enthusiasm of the moment. I hurried to the summit ; the glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me. There, like a sea of...the grand expanse of water, a boundless sea horizon. England had won the sources of the Nile. It was no dream. A witness sat before me — a face still... | |
 | James William Buel - 1884 - 832 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of...glittering in the noon-day sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | Alexander Raleigh - 1882 - 212 pages
...between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. The glory of the prize burst upon me suddenly. There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath...-horizon, on the south and south-west, glittering in the morning sun. And on the west, fifty or sixty miles distant, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1889 - 908 pages
...following his guide, in a few hours reached a hill from the summit of which " he beheld beneath him a grand expanse of water, a boundless sea horizon on...south and southwest, glittering in the noonday sun, while on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distant, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston, Charles Rathbone Low - 1890 - 548 pages
...following his guide, in a few hours reached a hill from the summit of which " he beheld beneath him a grand expanse of water, a boundless sea horizon on...south and south-west, glittering in the noonday sun, while on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distant, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 pages
...(1874). The glory of onr prize suddenly burst upon me 1 There, like a sea of quicksilver, 248 249 lav far beneath the grand expanse of water —a boundless...glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 550 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me! There, like a sea of...glittering in the noonday sun; and on the west at fifty or sixty miles distance blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7,000... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 542 pages
...of a lofty range of cliffs. FIRST SIGHT OF THE ALBERT N'YANZA. The glory of our prize suddenly burst upon me. There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay, far beneath, the grand expanse of the water — a boundless sea-horizon on the south and southwest, glittering in the noonday sun ; and... | |
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The day broke beautifully clear, and having crossed a deep valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand... 
