 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
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 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 from louse to house ... So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pàgines
...and 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...attached any importance to them — Columbus, however, considering them as certain signs of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited. They continued... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 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...land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited. WASHINGTON IRVING. DISCOVEKY OF AMERICA. A LITTLE after midnight the joyful sound of " land ! land... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 pàgines
...it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams, but they were so transient and uncertain, that few attached any importance to them. Columbus,...moreover, that the land was inhabited. They continued on their course until two in the morning, when a gun from the pinto gave the joyful sign of land. This... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pàgines
...parsing 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 down as he walked from house to house. 80 transicnt and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus,... | |
 | William Martin - 1862 - 340 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 down as he walked from place to place. About two o'clock the next morning, a gun gave the preconcerted signal of land. Columbus... | |
 | 1868 - 758 pàgines
...October, 1492, during his first voyage across the Atlantic, saw a few transient gleams of light ahead, he "considered them as certain signs of land, and, moreover that the land was inhabited." Though few of his companions attached any importance to them, the sequel proved the correctness of... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1864 - 784 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...however, considered them as certain signs of land, dhd moreover, that the land was inhabited. "They continued their course until two in the morning, when... | |
 | 1864 - 386 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. These gleams were, however, so uncertain, that few thought much of them. Columbus considered them as... | |
 | 1867 - 674 pàgines
...passing gleams, as if it were a torch iu the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and...them ; Columbus, however, considered them as certain siijns of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited." They continued their course until two... | |
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