| 1816 - 676 pages
...became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt at land. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam n,,on the breakers, or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant... | |
| Walter Scott - Scotland - 1816 - 328 pages
...became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt at land. Theniass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, orburst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder.... | |
| English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt at land. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder.... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 248 pages
...became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt at land. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or hurst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder.... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 880 pages
...become visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on shore. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges,...high in foam upon the breakers, or burst upon the ueach with a sound resembling distant thunder. Appalled by this sudden change of weather, Miss Wardour... | |
| George Newenham Wright - Electronic books - 1836 - 250 pages
...mass of waters began to lift itself in longer ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or burst upon...the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder. While the raging waters were thus advancing, and claiming from Sir Arthur and his daughter the narrow... | |
| Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on shore. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 368 pages
...became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on shore. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon tlie breakers, or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 714 pages
...ridges, and sii in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or Ьш upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder....change of weather, Miss Wardour drew close to her fath« and held his arm fast. " I wish," at length she said, but almost in a whisper, as ashamed to... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on the shore. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder.... | |
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