 ... of logs and rocks, —and you could cross it by this means almost anywhere, — we struck at once for the highest peak, over a mile or more of comparatively open land, still very gradually ascending the while. Here it fell to my lot, as the oldest...  The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Pagina 75door Henry David Thoreau - 1893Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1864 - 344 pagina’s
...before us, we determined to steer directly for the base of the highest peak, leaving a large elide, by which, as I have since learned, some of our predecessors...course, which was the bearing of the southern base of the highest peak, we were soon buried in the woods. We soon began to meet with traces of bears and... | |
 | Charles Alden John Farrar - 1880 - 250 pagina’s
...then be close at hand. Seen from this point, a bare ridge at the extremity of the open land, Katahdin presented a different aspect from any mountain I have seen, there being a greater portion of naked rock rising abruptly from the forest ; and we looked up at this blue barrier as if... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1884 - 384 pagina’s
...before us, we determined to steer directly for the base of the highest peak, leaving a large elide, by which, as I have since learned, some of our predecessors...course, which was the bearing of the southern base of the highest peak, we were soon buried in the woods. We soon began to meet with traces of bears and... | |
 | Charles Alden John Farrar - 1884 - 252 pagina’s
...then be close at hand. Seen from this point, a bare ridge at the extremity of the open land, Katahdin presented a different aspect from any mountain I have seen, there being a greater portion of naked rock rising abruptly from the forest ; and we looked up at this blue barrier as if... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1894 - 460 pagina’s
...through burnt lands, now partially overgrown with young aspens and other shrubbery; but soon, recrossiiig this stream, where it was about fifty or sixty feet...course, which was the bearing of the southern base of the highest peak, we were soon buried in the woods. We soon began to meet with traces of bears and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 462 pagina’s
...arbor-vitse, or cedartea, which the lumberer sometimes uses when other herbs fail,— " A qnart of arbor-vita, To make him strong and mighty," but I had no wish...course, which was the bearing of the southern base of the highest peak, we were soon buried in the woods. We soon began to meet with traces of bears and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 598 pagina’s
...miles, but as I judged, and as it proved, nearer fourteen. He had never been any nearer the mcuntain than this, and there was not the slightest trace of...course, which was the bearing of the southern base of the highest peak, we were soon buried in the woods. We soon began to meet with traces of bears and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1909 - 504 pagina’s
...rods up the Aboljacknagesic, or "open-land stream," we fastened our batteau to a tree, and travelled up the north side, through burnt lands, now partially...course, which was the bearing of the southern base of the highest peak, we were soon buried in the woods. We soon began to meet with traces of bears and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1909 - 128 pagina’s
...country, and climb directly up the peak, which would then be close at hand. Seen from this point, Katahdin presented a different aspect from any mountain I have...direction. Setting the compass for a northeast course, we were soon buried in the woods. We soon began to meet with traces of bear and moose, and those of... | |
 | Max Oelschlaeger - 1991 - 506 pagina’s
...proposed route of ascent), he was rewarded with his best view yet, one unlike any he had seen before. "Ktaadn presented a different aspect from any mountain...which anciently bounded the earth in that direction." From this point the party almost immediately lost sight of the peak, being "buried in the woods."38... | |
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