The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants,... The Andes and the Amazon - Pagina 38door James Orton - 1870Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1830 - 492 pagina’s
...to the Arctic Regions. A BRAZILIAN FOREST. THE day has past delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has been wandering in a Brazilian forest. Among the multitude of striking objects, the general luxuriance... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - 446 pagina’s
...South America he has thus recorded : — " The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist, who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical... | |
| James Orton - 1870 - 372 pagina’s
...overhead, producing a delightful shade. The curious forms of tropical life were all attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak...who for the first time wanders in a South American forest£v The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed out luxuriantly its glossy... | |
| 1875 - 232 pagina’s
...not allow them space enough to unfold themselves.' To which we may add Mr. Darwin's testimony : — ' Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical... | |
| Grant Allen - 1885 - 238 pagina’s
...which everywhere forms the chief charm of his direct and unaffected literary style — ' delight itself is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical... | |
| George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 224 pagina’s
...a passage which is of special interest. " The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a. naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1889 - 628 pagina’s
...A, OR SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29th. — The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical... | |
| Charles Frederick Holder - 1891 - 374 pagina’s
...exuberance that he had never dreamed of. In his Journal he penned the following : " Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - 542 pagina’s
...RAIIIA, OB SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29lh. — The day ha-s past delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1908 - 542 pagina’s
...OR SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 2gth. — The day has passed "SelTgMFuIIy." Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasiticaTfJIarTRj,... | |
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