No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture, they are huge, uncouth masses, stuck in the sea, while their chief beauty and grandeur, — their slow, stately motion; the whirling of the snow about their summits,... The Sea, the Ships, and the Sailors - الصفحة 18بواسطة Sea - 1865عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 986
...and left it astern, and at daylight it was out of sight. * * * No pencil has ever yet given any thing like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture,...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their parts — the picture cannot give. This is the large iceberg ; while the small and... | |
| 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...and were working their way, by wind and current, some alone, and some in fleets, to milder climes. No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true...and grandeur — their slow, stately motion — the whiiling of the snow about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their parts —... | |
| Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 540
...and were working their way, by wind and current, some alone, and some in fleets, to milder climes. No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their parts, — the picture cannot give. This is the large iceberg ; while the small and... | |
| Tales - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...' and were working their way by wind and current, some alone and some in fleets, to milder climes. No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true...their chief beauty and grandeur, their slow, stately motions, the whirling of the snow about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their... | |
| 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 624
...and were working their way, by wind and current, some alone, and sonic in fleets, to milder climes. No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true...and grandeur — their slow, stately motion — the whiilingof the snow about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their parts — the... | |
| John Frost - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...away and left it astern, and at daylight it was out of sight No pencil has ever yet given any thing like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture they...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their parts — the picture cannot give. This is the large iceberg ; while the small and... | |
| James Currie (A.M.) - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 136
...take up food from the ground, its leaves take up food from the air. In a picture, icebergs look like huge uncouth masses stuck in the sea ; while their chief beauty and grandeur the picture cannot give. The surrounding fields were drenched with the rain, whereas this one spot... | |
| Richard Henry Dana - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...and were working their way, by wind and current, some alone, and some in fleets, to milder climes. No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true...grandeur, — their slow, stately motion ; the whirling o{ the snow about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their parts, — the picture... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...given anything like the true effect of an iceberg. In a picture they are huge, uncouth masses tucked in the sea; while their chief beauty and grandeur...whirling of the snow about their summits, and the fearful crackling and groaning of their parts — the picture cannot give. This is the large iceberg, while... | |
| Richard Henry Dana - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...and were working their way, by wind and current, some alone, and some in fleets, to milder climes. No pencil has ever yet given anything like the true...about their summits, and the fearful groaning and cracking of their parts, — the picture cannot give. This is the large iceberg; while the small and... | |
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