 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...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. m. The... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon tlie breakers, or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder." Few objects... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 746 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...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." Few objects... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1850 - 414 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...but its wild and moaning sound was heard for some lime, and its eflects became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on shore. The... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...darkness blotted the serene twilight of evenmg. The wind began next to arise; but its wild and moan11 ing sound was heard for some time, and its effects became...shore. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, be12 gan to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows ; forming waves that rose high... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...sound was heard for some time, and its effects became more risible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on the shore. The mass of waters, now... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...sound was heard for some time, and its effects became more visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on the shore. The mass of waters, now... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...ere he had alto-gether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...sound was heard for some time, and its effects became more visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on the shore. The mass of waters, now... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 410 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or bursting upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder." Few... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 612 pages
...ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began...sea, before the gale was felt on shore. The mass of wa ters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows,... | |
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The disk of the sun became almost totally obscured ere he had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began next to arise, but its wild and moaning sound was... 
