 | 1828 - Počet stránok 722
...thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away : wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wildnerness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendour... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - Počet stránok 574
...thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - Počet stránok 346
...shores. He thought, too, that he perceived in the balmy air thefragrance of aromatic-groves. Themoving light which he had beheld, proved that it was the...wilderness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering scenes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization. CHAPTER XI. First landing... | |
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 762
...thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away : wondering whether the...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization." The land to which he was thus triumphantly borne was the island... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - Počet stránok 396
...triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory which must be as durable as the world itself. It is difficult even for the imagination to conceive...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization. CHAPTER XL First landing of Columbus in the New World — Cruise... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - Počet stránok 392
...triumphantly established; he had secured to himself a glory which must be as durable as the world itself. It is difficult even for the imagination to conceive...savage wilderness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and ~-J glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization. CHAPTER XL... | |
 | 1830 - Počet stránok 428
...object of hit golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as be watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization." No author has, perhaps, created a greater sensation in the public... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - Počet stránok 338
...thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he .waited for the night to pass away; wondering whether the...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendor of oriental civilization. The morning dawned that was to give Columbus the first view of the... | |
 | George Combe - 1835 - Počet stránok 252
...Committees, Trustees, Teachers, and others, for either or both Series, and wish particular directions hoiv, to whom, and to what place the books shall be forwarded....civilization. CHAPTER XI. First Landing of Columbus in the New World. — Cruise among the Bahama Islands. — Discovery of Cuba and Hispaniola. [1492.] WHEN... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - Počet stránok 436
...thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the...spicy groves, and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, acid all the splendour of oriental civilization. 12 • LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. BOOK... | |
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Were they like those of other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island, far in the Indian seas; or... 
