Ere long he reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone ; a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills the whole valley between two mountains, running back to their summits. At the base it is arched,... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Página 2821839Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 542 páginas
..." " He reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone; a frozen cataract more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills...rough, and resembles a mass of gigantic crystals, of a pnle emerald tint, mingled with white; a snowy crust covers its surface ; but at every rent and crevice... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 238 páginas
...long he reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone ; a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills...covers its surface ; but at every rent and crevice the pale green ice shines clear in the sun. Its shape is that of a glove, lying with the palm downwards,... | |
| 1839 - 530 páginas
..." " He reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone ; a frozen cataract more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills...covers its surface ; but at every rent and crevice the pale green ice shines clear in the sun. Its shape is that of a glove, lying with the palm downwards,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 316 páginas
...long he reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone, a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills...running back to their summits. At the base it is arched, M 2 like a dome ; and above, jagged and rough ; and resembles a mass of gigantic crystals, of a pale... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 376 páginas
...long he reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone ; a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills...covers its surface ; but at every rent and crevice the pale green ice shines clear in the sun. Its shape is that of a glove, lying with the palm downwards,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 388 páginas
...long he readied the magnificent glacier of the Rhone : a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills...covers its surface ; but. at every rent and crevice the pale green ice shines clear in the sun. Its shape is that of a glove, lying with the palm downwards,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 382 páginas
...long he reached the magnifieent glaeier of the Rhone: a frozen eataraet, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills the whole valley between two mountains, running baek to their summits. At the base it is arehed, like a dome ; and above, jagged and rough, and resembles... | |
| Botanical Society of Edinburgh - 1855 - 136 páginas
...its foot. Longfellow well describes this glacier as " a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills the whole valley between two mountains, stretching back till it is found commencing in the snow which covers their summits. At the base it... | |
| Botanical Society of Edinburgh - 1855 - 222 páginas
...its foot. Longfellow well describes this glacier as " a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills the whole valley between two mountains, stretching back till it is found commencing in the snow which covers their summits. At the base it... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 páginas
...long he reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone ; a frozen cataract, more than two thousand feet in height, and many miles broad at its base. It fills...back to their summits. At the base it is arched, like adorne; and above, jagged and rough, and resembles a mass of gigantic crystals, of a pale emerald tint,... | |
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