... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his... Museum of Foreign Literature and Science - Pàgina 22editat per - 1828Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1828 - 722 pàgines
...for the night to pass away : wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wildnerness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering fanes, and...cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization.' The land to which he was thus triumphantly borne was the island of San Salvador, since called Cat Island,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 574 pàgines
...of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD. [1492.] IT was on the morning of Friday,... | |
| 1828 - 638 pàgines
...of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away : wondering whether the morning light would reveal...and glittering fanes and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization." pp. 146-8. On his return from this wonderful entei prise, Columbus... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pàgines
...OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD. ['49'-] • IT was on the morning of Friday, 12th of October, i49», that Columbus first beheld the New World. When the day dawned, he saw before him a level and beautiful island several leagues in extent, of great freshness and verdure, and covered with trees... | |
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pàgines
...all 'if iplendour of oriental civilisation. It was "t the morning of Friday, 12th of October, U9J, that Columbus first beheld the New World. When the day dawned, he saw before baa level and beautiful island, several leagues fa extent, of great freshness and verdure, and <wered... | |
| 1829 - 762 pàgines
...of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away : wondering whether the morning light would reveal...cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization." The land to which he was thus triumphantly borne was the island of San Salvador, since called Cat Island,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 pàgines
...A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as he watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...wilderness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering scenes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization. CHAPTER XI. First landing... | |
| 1830 - 428 pàgines
...A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as be watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization." No author has, perhaps, created a greater sensation in the public... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 396 pàgines
...A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as he watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization. CHAPTER XL First landing of Columbus in the New World — Cruise... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pàgines
...FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD. IT was on the morning of Friday, 12th of October, 14.92, that Columbus first beheld the New World. "When the day dawned, he saw before him a level and beautiful island several leagues in extent, of great freshness and verdure, and covered with trees... | |
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