 | Charles Tomlinson - 1862 - 284 sider
...R M'Cormick, Esq., surgeon of the Erebus, as indicating by its general outline a volcanic origin, " rising steeply from the ocean in a stupendous mountain...unequalled magnificence and splendour as would baffle aH power of language to portray, or give the faintest conception of." An active volcano, which they... | |
 | 1886 - 920 sider
...reflected on it, exhibited a scene of such uneqnaled magnificence and splendor as would baffle all language to portray, or give the faintest conception...like a huge crystal of quartz, rose to the height of 7,867 feet, another to 9,096, and a third to 8,444 feet above the level of the sea. From these peaks... | |
 | 1886 - 896 sider
...perpetual snow, and clustered together in countless groups resembling a vast mass of crystallization, which, as the sun's rays were reflected on it, exhibited a scene of such unequaled magnificence and splendor as would baffle all language to portray, or give the faintest conception... | |
 | Edmund Stump - 1995 - 312 sider
...the sun's rays were reflected on it, exhibited a scene of such unequaled magnificence and splendor as would baffle all power of language to portray or give the faintest conception of" (Ross, 1847, vol. 2, pp. 415-16). Heavy seas prevented a landing on the mainland, but the following... | |
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Continent was first seen, the general outline of which at once indicated its volcanic character; rising steeply from the ocean in a stupendous mountain range, peak above peak, enveloped in perpetual snow, and clustered together in countless groups resembling... 