On the contrary, though there are exceptions in some of the maritime provinces, yet, for the greater part, it is a stern, melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent and lonesome, partaking... Spanish Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil - Seite 116von Samuel Manning - 1870 - 200 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1832 - 652 Seiten
...yet, for the greater part, it is a stern melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent...adds to this silence and loneliness is the absence of singing birds, a natural consequence of the want of groves and hedges. The vulture and the eagle are... | |
| 1832 - 614 Seiten
...country, with rugged mountains and long, naked, sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and invariably silent and lonesome, partaking of the savage and solitary...to this silence and loneliness, is the absence of singing birds, a natural consequence of the want of groves and hedges. The vulture and the eagle are... | |
| 1831 - 456 Seiten
...long, naked, sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and invariably silent and lonesome, partaking oi' the savage and solitary character of Africa. What...to this silence and loneliness, is the absence of singing birds, a natural consequence of the want of groves and hedges. The vulture and the eagle are... | |
| 1833 - 814 Seiten
...yet, for the greater part, it is a stern melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent...adds to this silence and loneliness is the absence of singing birds, a natural consequence of the want of groves and aedges. The vulture and the eagle are... | |
| 1833 - 310 Seiten
...stern melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, awl indescribably silent and lonesome, partaking of the...adds to this silence and loneliness is the absence of singing birds, a natural consequence of the want of groves and hedges. The vulture and the eagle arc... | |
| Washington Irving - 1840 - 370 Seiten
...yet, for the greater part, it is a stern, melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent...absence of singing-birds, a natural consequence of the want'of groves and hedges. Th% vulture and the eagle are seen wheeling about the mountain-cliffs, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 430 Seiten
...at the Court of Persia. H THE JOURNEY. melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent...to this silence and loneliness, is the absence of singing birds, a natural consequence of the want of groves and hedges. The vulture and the eagle are... | |
| Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1853 - 176 Seiten
...for the greater part, it is a stern, melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long, sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent and lonesome — partaking of the savage, solitary character of Africa. What adds to this silence and loneliness is the absence of singing birds... | |
| Washington Irving - 1869 - 566 Seiten
...yet, for the greater part, it is a stern, melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent...eagle are seen wheeling about the mountain-cliffs, and O soaring over the plains, and groups of shy bustards stalk about the heaths ; but the myriads of smaller... | |
| Charles Adams - 1870 - 322 Seiten
...country, with rugged mountains and long, naked, sweeping plains destitute of trees, and invariably silent and lonesome, partaking of the savage and solitary...adds to this silence and loneliness is the absence of singing birds, a natural consequence of the want of groves and hedges. The vulture and the eagle are... | |
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