 ... dreadful silence of the upper heavens. Now and then the shepherds looked from their huts, while the shadow of the thunder-clouds deepened the hues of their plaids and tartans ; and at every creaking of the heavy branches of the pines, or wide-armed...  Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life - Página 370por John Wilson - 1822 - 430 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Wilson - 1822 - 450 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines, or wide-armed oaks in the solitude of their inaccessible birth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they lifted up their eyes to see the first wide flash—the disparting of the masses of darkness—and paused to hear the long loud rattle of heaven's... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines, or wide-armed oaks in the solitude of their inaccessible birth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they...up their eyes to see the first wide flash — the digparting of the masses of darkness — and paused to hear th« long, loud rattle of heaven's artillery,... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 464 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines, or wide-armed oaks, in the solitude of their inaccessible birth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they lifted up their eyes to see the first wide flash—the disparting of the masses of darkness—- and paused to hear the long loud rattle of heaven's... | |
 | 1828 - 472 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines or wide-armed oaks, in the solitude of their inaccessible hirth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they...shaking the foundation of the everlasting mountains ! J-Jut all was yet silent. ' The peal came at last, and it seemed as if an earthquake had smote the... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1833 - 448 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines or wide-armed oaks, in the solitude of thei r inaccessible birth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they lifted up their eyes to see the first wide flash—the disparting of the masses of darkness—and paused to hear the long loud rattle of heaven's... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines, or wide-armed oaks, in the solitude of their inaccessible birth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they...long, loud rattle of heaven's artillery, shaking the foundations of the everlasting mountains. But all was yet silent. The peal came at last, and it seemed... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 páginas
...heaven's artillery, shaking the foundations of the everlasting mountains. But all was yet silent. The peai came at last, and it seemed as if an earthquake had smote the silence. Not a tree — not a blade of grasi moved, but the blow stunned, as it were, the heart of the solid globe. Then was there a low,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 páginas
...beasts that perish, but among human beings overtaken by the wrath of that irresistible tempest. The peai came at last, and it seemed as if an earthquake had smote the silence. Not a tree—not a blade of grasi moved, but the blow stunned, as it were, the heart of the solid globe.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines, or wide-armed oaks, in the solitude of their inaccessible birth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they lifted up their eyes to see the first wild flash—the separating of the masses of darkness — and paused to hear the long loud rattle of... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 páginas
...heavy branches of the pines, or wide-armed oaks, in the solitude of their inaccessible birth-place, the hearts of the lonely dwellers quaked, and they lifted up their eyes to see the first wide flash—the disparting of the masses of darkness—and paused to hear the long loud rattle of heaven's... | |
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