... which hang in ropes and wreaths from wave to wave, and where one curls over to break, form a festoon like a drapery, from its edge; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make... Nature - Página 268editado por - 1882Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 páginas
...like a drapery, from its edge; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the...their masses, being thus half water and half air, arc torn to pieces by the wind whenever they rise, and carried away in roaring smoke, which chokes... | |
| John Ruskin - 1871 - 470 páginas
...like a drapery from its edge ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the...are a foot or two long each : the surges themselves * The "yesty waves" of Shakspere have made the likeness familiar, and probably most readers take the... | |
| John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1872 - 500 páginas
...like a drapery, from its edge ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the...full of foam in their very bodies, underneath, making I hem white all through, as the water is under a great cataract ; and their masses, being thus half... | |
| John Ruskin - 1875 - 204 páginas
...like a drapery from its edge ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the...them white all through, as the water is under a great cataract,—and their masses being thus half water and half air, are torn to pieces by the wind whenever... | |
| John Croumbie Brown - 1875 - 294 páginas
...from its edf'e ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in wreaihing, hanging, coiling masses, which «make the air white...are full of foam in their very bodies underneath, * Testimony of the Bock?, Pages 176-177. making them all white through, as the water is ander a great... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 páginas
...like a drapery, from its edj,'e ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the...air white and thick as with snow, only the flakes ere a foot or two long each ; the surges themselves r.re full of foam in their very bodies, underneath,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1875 - 206 páginas
...like a drapery from its edge ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the air white, and thick as with snow, only the flukes ure a foot or two long each ; the surges themselves are full of foam in their very bodies, underneath,... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 páginas
...white and thick as with snow, only the flakes ere a foot or two long each ; the surges themselves r.re full of foam in their very bodies, underneath, making them white all through, ES the water is under a great cataract ; and their masses, being thus half water and half air, ; iv... | |
| John Ruskin - 1887 - 504 páginas
...drapery from its edge; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writh ing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the air white...thick as with snow, only the flakes are a foot or two Jong each ; the surges themselves are full of foam in their very bodies, underneath, making them white... | |
| John Ruskin - 1888 - 1230 páginas
...like a drapery, from its edge ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the...are a foot or two long each ; the surges themselves arc full of foam in their very bodies, underneath, making them white all through, as the water is under... | |
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