 Down this we descended, by following the course of a rugged current of ancient lava, for about 600 feet perpendicular depth, when we arrived at the plain below, which was one extended sheet of lava, without shrub or bush, stretching to the north and south...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 311826Full view - About this book
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - 1845
...before, lay in the east at about a league from our camp ; their barren and indented chain extended to the north and south as far as the eye could reach ; and at different intervals, widely apart from each other, we could perceive the vast gorges opening... | |
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - 1845 - 522 pages
...day before, lay in the east at about a league from our camp; their barren and indented chain extended to the north and south as far as the eye could reach ; and at different intervals, widely apart from each other, we could perceive the •t. ! vast gorges... | |
 | George William Blunt - 1848 - 62 pages
...314°, passed considerable quantities of ice. At 10 am, saw a large field of ice ahead, which extended to the north and south as far as the eye could reach ; entered it in expectation of finding an opening to westward. After proceeding a cable's length, wore... | |
 | E.F. Beadle (and co.) - 1861 - 502 pages
...the latest. The country on both banks of the stream was now the rolling prairie, which stretched away to the north and south as far as the eye could reach. The air was dry and bracing, and Jacques informed Welland that they were approaching one of the healthiest... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 pages
...hill undulations into the glowing yellow plain, which, like a cloth of gold, was seen flowing away to the north and south as far as the eye could reach: hazy and vanishing in the distance, distinct as a new map along the font-hills at my feet — the sunny... | |
 | Simeon Bolles - 1883 - 132 pages
...he stopped to view the sky when not far from the mill had so increased in size that it now extended to the north and south as far as the eye could reach and was high up in the heavens. He was about to start when a frightened rabbit came hopping by, calling... | |
 | 1897 - 760 pages
...their labours, some time must elapse before they could reach the knoll. This made Powers cross as well. To the north and south, as far as the eye could reach, and a thousand miles farther, stretched the yellow desert of Southern Arizona, split into halves by... | |
 | Wolcott Le Cléar Beard - 1899 - 354 pages
...their labors, some time must elapse before they could reach the knoll. This made Powers cross, as well. To the north and south, as far as the eye could reach, and a thousand miles farther, stretched the yellow desert of southern Arizona, split into halves by... | |
 | John Joseph Curran - 1907 - 200 pages
...could be seen to its best advantage. Nicely laid out farms, thrifty in appearance, greeted the vision. To the north and south as far as the eye could reach mountains and chains of mountains seemed to vie with each other for eminence, their sides covered with... | |
 | Marshall Monroe Kirkman - 1909 - 446 pages
...Issus that intervened between the mountain and the sea, the Pinarus wound its slow and tortuous way. To the north and south as far as the eye could reach a pastoral stillness reigned, in startling contrast to the crash of arms and the cries of armed men... | |
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