 | John Filson - 1823 - 52 páginas
...close of day, the gentle gales ceased; a profound calm ensued; not a breath shook the tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and...with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains and beautious tracts below. On one hand I surveyed the famous Ohio, rolling in silent dignity, and... | |
 | 1825 - 844 páginas
...and particularly the accessible parts of the mountains. On these excursions I went well armed. I once gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking...beauteous tracts below. On the other hand, I surveyed tfte famous river Ohio that rolled in silent dignity, marking the western boundary of Kentucky with... | |
 | 1825 - 472 páginas
...the day, the gentle gales ceased ; a profound cairn ensued ; not a breath shook the tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and looking round with astonishment and delight, beheld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On one hand the famous... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 360 páginas
...and left the place to the disposal of a profound calm. Not » breeze shook the most tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. * * ' Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 362 páginas
...and left the place to the disposal of a profound calm. Not a breeze shook the most tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. * * * Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 358 páginas
...itself, I will endeavour to describe it in my next. calm. Not a breeze shook the most tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and,...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. * * * Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 364 páginas
...and left the place to the disposal of a profound calm. Not a breeze shook the most tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. * * * Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - 1838 - 280 páginas
...Pasgua-Florida, and Dot, a* Theuet writetb, for the flourishing verdure thereof. "—Pwrchcu, p. 769. ing ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight,...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. * * * Nature was here a series of wonders and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity and... | |
 | 1841 - 804 páginas
...with astonished delight, beheld the ample plains, and beauteous tracks below. On the other hand, he surveyed the famous river Ohio that rolled in silent dignity, marking the western boundary of Kentucky with inconcievable grandeur. At a vast distance he beheld the mountains lift their venerable... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1856 - 514 páginas
...thought. Just at the close of the day, the gentle gales ceased ; not a breath shook the tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and...with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On the one hand I surveyed the famous Ohio, rolling in silent dignity,... | |
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I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought, just at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and left the place to the disposal of a profound calm. Not a breeze shook the most tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit... 
