 If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance, among the most striking scenes of nature, the calm sublimity of a tropical night, when the stars, not sparkling, as in our northern skies, shed their...  British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review - Pagina 571849Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1861 - 462 pagina’s
...abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance among the most gtriking scenes of nature, the calm sublimity of a tropical...skies, shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heaving ocean ; or I would recall the deep vallies of the Cordilleras, where the tall and slender... | |
 | 1849 - 612 pagina’s
...might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance, among the most striking scenes of nature, the calm...stars, not sparkling, as in our northern skies, shed their,soft and planetary light over the gently-heaving ocean ; — or I would recall the deep valleys... | |
 | Elihu Goodwin Holland - 1852 - 420 pagina’s
...he, " be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance, among the most striking scenes of Nature, the calm...skies, shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heaving ocean ; or I would recall the deep valleys of the Cordilleras, where the tall and slender... | |
 | 1852 - 432 pagina’s
...Humboldt, " I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollection of my own travels, I would instance, among the most striking scenes of nature, the calm...not sparkling as in our northern skies, shed their Epft and planetary light over the gently-heaving ocean ; or I would recal the deep valleys of the Cordilleras,... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 pagina’s
...might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance, among the most striking scenes of nature, the calm...them, and waving on high their feathery and arrow-like branches, form, as it were, " a forest above a forest ;" — or I would describe the summit of the... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1864 - 478 pagina’s
...might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance, among the most striking scenes of nature, the calm sublimity of a tropicai night, when the stars, not sparkling, as in our northern skies, shed their soft and planetary... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1865 - 324 pagina’s
...serve for our admonition, exciting our curiosity, and attracting us to explore. " I would instance, among the most striking scenes of Nature, the calm sublimity of a tropical night," says Alexander Von Humboldt, " when the stars, not sparkling, as in our northern skies, shed their... | |
 | James Orton - 1870 - 358 pagina’s
...might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance among the most striking scenes of nature the calm...skies — shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heaving ocean; or I would recall the deep valleys of the Cordilleras, where the tall and slender... | |
 | James Orton - 1870 - 372 pagina’s
...might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance among the most striking scenes of nature the calm...skies — shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heaving ocean ; or I would recall the deep valleys of the Cordilleras, where the tall and slender... | |
 | James Orton - 1870 - 378 pagina’s
...might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance among the most striking scenes of nature the calm...tropical night, when the stars — not sparkling, as in oivr Northern skies — shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heaving ocean ; or I would... | |
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