 ... itself out into the sea, till it ends in their dividing the region between them. On the spot, however, this coast is very sublime. The long straggling promontories are mountainous, towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water...  Feats on the Fiord: A Tale - Page 2by Harriet Martineau - 1841 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christianity - 1842 - 750 pages
...towering ridges of rock springing up in precipice« from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving sandy shores, on which...fields and meadows. The high rocky banks shelter these deop bays (called fiords) from almost every wind ; so that their waters are usually at still as those... | |
 | 1842 - 736 pages
...towering ridges of rock springing up in piecijiiivs from the water; while the beys between them, instead of being rounded with shelving sandy shores, on which...being laid out in fields and meadows. The high rocky bunks shelter these deep bays (called fiords) from almost every wind ; so that their waters are usually... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1846 - 242 pages
...towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving sandy shores, on which...tumbles its waves, as in bays of our coast, are, in feet, long narrow valleys, filled with sea, instead of being laid out in fields and meadows. The high... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving sandy shores on which the sea tumbles its vaves, as in bays of our coast, are, in fact, long narrow valleys, filled with sea, instead of being... | |
 | Granville series - 1882 - 330 pages
...towering ridges of rocks, springing up in precipices from the water ; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving, sandy shores, on which the sea tumbles its waves, as in the bays of our coast, are, in fact, loug, narrow valleys, filled with sea, instead of being laid out... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Readers - 1884 - 524 pages
...towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving, sandy shores on which...high, rocky banks shelter these deep bays, called fiords-'i, from almost every wind, so that their waters are usually as still as those of a lake. the... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Children - 1884 - 514 pages
...towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving, sandy shores on which...of our coast, are, in fact, long, narrow valleys, fllled with sea, instead of being laid out in fields and meadows. The high, rocky banks shelter these... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving sandy shores, on which the sea tumbles its waves, as in the bays of our coast, are, in fact, long narrow valleys, filled with sea, instead of being laid out... | |
 | Oriel readers - 1885 - 248 pages
...towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving sandy shores on which the sea tumbles its waves, as in A NORWEGIAN FIORD. bays of our coast, are, in fact, long narrow valleys, filled with sea, instead of... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1892 - 416 pages
...from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving, sandy shores, are, in fact, long, narrow valleys filled with sea, instead of being laid out in fields and meadows. leap of some sportive fish, or the oars of the boatman as he goes from islet to islet to inspect the... | |
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