 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 of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the...  A Winter in the West - Página 210de Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Filson - 1823 - 52 páginas
...thought. Just at the 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...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...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. On the other hand, I surveyed tfte famous river Ohio that rolled in silent dignity, marking the western... | |
 | 1825 - 472 páginas
...at the close of 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... | |
 | 1836 - 496 páginas
...at the close of the 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 looking around with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On one hand, I... | |
 | 1843 - 488 páginas
...at the close of the 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 looking around with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On one hand, I... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - 1846 - 354 páginas
...Just at the close of the 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 looking around with astonishing delight, bebeld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On one hand I... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1847 - 220 páginas
..."just at the 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 looking around with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On one hand I... | |
 | William Henry Bogart - 1854 - 448 páginas
...beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought. Just at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. On the other hand, I surveyed the famous river Ohio, that rolled in silent dignity, marking the western... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 600 páginas
...at the close of the 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 looking around with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On one hand, I... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1856 - 514 páginas
...every gloomy 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...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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