| 1818 - 728 páginas
...magic of the ethereal hues emtiellish a land almost destitute of vegetation. The sun does not merely enlighten; it colours the objects, and wraps them...To explain this vivid impression, which the aspect of the scenery in the two Indies produces, even on coasts where there is little wood, it will be sufficient... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1818 - 604 páginas
...magic of the aerial hues, embellish a land almost destitute of vegetation. The Sun does not merely enlighten, it colours the objects, and wraps them...without changing the transparency of the air, renders it's tints more harmonious, softens the effects of the light, and diffuses over nature that calm, which... | |
| 1818 - 646 páginas
...emhellish a land almost destitute of vegetation. The sun does not merely enlighten, it colours the ohjects, and wraps them in a thin vapour, which, without changing the transparency of the air, renders it's tints more harmonious, softens the effects of the light, and diffuses over nature that calm, which... | |
| 1826 - 600 páginas
...of the aerial hues embellish (even) a land almost destitute of vegetation. The Sun does not merely enlighten, it colours the objects, and wraps them...To explain this vivid impression which the aspect of the scenery in the two Indies produces, even on coasts where there is little wood, it will be sufficient... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1826 - 610 páginas
...of the aerial hues embellish (even) a land almost destitute of vegetation. The Sun does not merely enlighten, it colours the objects, and wraps them...the transparency of the air, renders its tints more hanuonious, softens the effects of the light, and diffuses over nature that calm which is reflected... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 páginas
...magic of the aerial hues, embellish a land almost destitute of vegetation. The sun does not merely enlighten, it colours the objects, and wraps them...To explain this vivid impression which the aspect of the scenery in the two Indias produces, even on coasts where there is little wood, it will be sufficient... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1846 - 396 páginas
...1 During this day I was particularly struck with a remark of Humboldt's, who often alludes to " the thin vapour which, without changing the transparency of the air, renders its tints more harmonious, and softens its effects." This is an appearance which I have never observed in the temperate zones.... | |
| Robert Ellis (F.L.S.) - 1850 - 548 páginas
...not meet with in temperate zones. Baron Humboldt frequently alludes to it as a sort of thin haze or vapour, which, without changing the transparency of the air, renders its tints more harmonious, and softens its effects. This appearance was also noticed by Mr. Darwin. " The atmosphere," he says,... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 544 páginas
...magie of the aerial hues, embellish a land almost destitute of vegetation. The sun does not merely enlighten, it colours the objects, and wraps them...the effects of the light, and diffuses over nature a placid calm, which is reflected in our • souls. To explain this vivid impression which the aspect... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1889 - 628 páginas
...1 During this day I was particularly struck with a remark of Humboldt's, who often alludes to "the thin vapour which, without changing the transparency of the air, renders its tints more harmonious, and softens its effects." This is an appearance which I have never observed in the temperate zones.... | |
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