 ... the sound of voices which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now and then to break the silence which reigned around us : a silence far different from that peaceable composure which characterizes...  (The Edinburgh cabinet library) [ed. by D. Lardner]. - Side 19av Edinburgh cabinet library - 1830Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1821 - 712 sider
...now and then to break the silence which reigned around us; a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such indeed was the want of ob. jects to afford relief to the eye, or amusement to the mind, that a... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 sider
...certain indication of the presence of man, gave a partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather,...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed, was the want of objects to afford relief to the eye or amusement to the mind, that a... | |
 | 1821 - 488 sider
...certain indication of the presence of man, gave a partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices which, during the cold weather,...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed, was the want of objects to afford relief to the eye or amusement to the mind, that a... | |
 | 1821 - 818 sider
...certain indication of the presence of man, gave a partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather,...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed, was the want of objects to afford relief to the eye, or amusement to the mind, that a... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 sider
...certain indication of the presence of man, gave a partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather,...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed, was the want of objects to afford relief to the eye or amusement to the mind, that a... | |
 | 1821 - 618 sider
...certain indication of the presence of man, gave a partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather,...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed, was the want of objects to afford relief to the eye, or amusement to the mind, that a... | |
 | William Bingley - 1821 - 374 sider
...much greater distance than usual, served, now and then, to break the silence which reigned around,— a silence far different from that peaceable composure...death-like stillness of the most dreary desolation, the total absence of animated existence. The weather became intensely severe; and, during the latter... | |
 | 1821 - 464 sider
...which reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceable composure which characterises the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such indeed was the want of objects to afford relief to the eye or amusement to the mind, that a stone... | |
 | 1823 - 400 sider
...certain indication of the presence of man, gave a partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect; and the sound of voices which, during the cold weather,...landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the deathlike stilness of the most dreary desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 sider
...and then to break the silence which reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence." One of the most remarkable of the observations here made, was the excessive intensity of the cold.... | |
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