 Sanchez of Segovia, and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising...  The London Magazine - Pàgina 2941828Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1843 - 602 pàgines
...glenms, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus, however, considered them aa certain sigiu of land, and. moreover, that the land was inhabited. " They continued their course until two in the morning1, when a gun from the Pinta gavo tho joyful signal of land, now clearly seen about two leagues... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 612 pàgines
...or in the hunde of some- person on shore, borno up and down as he walked from house tu Ьоизс. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbun, however, considered them tu» certain signe of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 438 pàgines
...carried by some fisherman or traveller. This last appearance was considered by him as decisive evidence of land ; and, moreover, that the land was inhabited. They continued their course till two o'clock in the morning, when a gun from the Pinta gave the signal that land was in sight.... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 494 pàgines
...as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves, or in the hands of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked. Columbus considered this appearance as a certain sign of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pàgines
...passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves : or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and...transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few atlached any importance to them ; Columbus, however, considered them as certain signs of. land, and... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1846 - 120 pàgines
...if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hands of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. Columbus considered it as a certain sign of land. They continued their course until two in the morning,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 756 pàgines
...passing gleams; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and...course until two in the morning, when a gun from the Piuta gave the joyful signal of land. It was first descried by a mariner named Rodrigo de Triana; but... | |
 | John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pàgines
...as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves, or in the hands of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked. Columbus considered this appearance as a certain sign of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pàgines
...passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves : these remarks, we give a considerable part of the introduction to the whole thai few attached any importance to them; Columbus, however, considered them as certain signs of land,... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pàgines
...passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves: or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked trom house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance... | |
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