 ... glide over from peak to peak of these rocky passes, are imaged on the waters so clearly that the fisherman, as he unmoors his boat for his evening task, feels as if he were about to shoot forth his vessel into another heaven, and to cleave his way...  Feats on the Fiord: A Tale - Page 3by Harriet Martineau - 1841 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 736 pages
...forth his vessel into another heaven, and to cleave his way among the stars. " Still as every thing is to the eye, sometimes for a hundred miles together...the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings, as it dashes abroad from its eyrie, and the cries of whole clouds... | |
 | Christianity - 1842 - 750 pages
...cleave his way among the stars. " Still as every thing is to the eye, sometimes for a hundred mile» together along these deep sea-valleys, there is rarely...the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings, as it dashes abroad from its eyrie, and the cries of whole clouds... | |
 | English periodicals - 1842 - 528 pages
...Still as everything is (o the eye, sometimes for a hundred miles together along these deep » avalleys, there is rarely silence. The ear is kept awake by...the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings as it dashes abroad from its eyrie, and the cries of whole clouds of... | |
 | Christianity - 1842 - 740 pages
...The ear is kept awake by a thousHiid voices. In the summer, there are cataracts leaping from ledge tn ledge of the rocks ; and there is the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings, as it dashes abroad from its eyrie, and the cries of whole clouds... | |
 | 1848 - 640 pages
...those of a lake. For days and weeks together, they reflect each separate tree-top of the pine-forests which clothe the mountain sides, the mirror being...awake by a thousand voices. In the summer, there are cataract- leaping from ledge to ledge of the rocks ; and there is the bleating of the kids that browse... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 634 pages
...hundred miles together along these deep sea-valleys, there is rarely silence. The ear is kept awake by s thousand voices. In the summer, there are cataracts...the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings, as it dashes abroad from its eyrie, and the cries of win. le clouds... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - English fiction - 1846 - 462 pages
...those of a lake. For days and weeks together, they "reflect each separate tree-top of the pineforests which clothe the mountain sides, the mirror being...the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings, as it dashes abroad from its eyrie, and the cries of whole clouds... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1846 - 242 pages
...the seatrout or char, or cod, or herrings, which abound, in their seasons, on the coast of Norway. Still as everything is to the eye, sometimes for a...the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings, as it dashes abroad from its ey•rie, and the cries of whole clouds... | |
 | Alfred Elwes - 1872 - 306 pages
...way13 among the stars. Still as everything is14 to the eye, sometimes for a hundred miles together15 along these deep sea-valleys, there is rarely silence...thousand voices. In the summer there are cataracts leaping16 from ledge to siolett. The word turf urn, generally, 7 Place there after cast. or perhaps... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 pages
...forests which clothe the mountain sides, the mirror being broken only by the leap of some sporting fish, or the oars of the boatman, as he goes to inspect...the bleating of the kids that browse there, and the flap of the great eagle's wings, as it dashes abroad from its eyrie, and the cries of whole clouds... | |
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