 If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, I would instance among the most striking scenes of nature the calm sublimity of a tropical night, when the stars, not sparkling as in our northern skies, shed their...  Temple Bar - Сторінка 4691862Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1861 - 462 стор.
...understanding and enobles the feelings. Here is a passage from Humboldt, suggestive of the Homeric school : "If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections...own distant travels, I would instance among the most gtriking scenes of nature, the calm sublimity of a tropical night, when the stars, not sparkling as... | |
 | 1849 - 612 стор.
...various sensations that derive their charm and permanence from the peculiar character of the scene. "If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections...stars, not sparkling, as in our northern skies, shed their,soft and planetary light over the gently-heaving ocean ; — or I would recall the deep valleys... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1849 - 470 стор.
...various sensations that derive their charm and permanence from the peculiar character of the scene. If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections...striking scenes of nature, the calm sublimity of a tropicai night, when the stars, not sparkling, as in our northern skies, shed their soft and planetary... | |
 | 1849 - 604 стор.
...various sensations that derive their charm and permanenee from the peculiar character of the scene. " If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels, 1 would instanee, among the most striking scenes of nature, the calm sublimity of a tropical night,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1850 - 390 стор.
...various sensations that derive their charm and permanence from the peculiar character of the scene. If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections...where the tall and slender palms pierce the leafy vail around them, and waving on high their feathery and arrow-like branches, form, as it were, " a... | |
 | Elihu Goodwin Holland - 1852 - 420 стор.
...naturalist, Von Humboldt, enables his pen to attract us somewhat mysteriously. " If I might," says he, " be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections...skies, shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heaving ocean ; or I would recall the deep valleys of the Cordilleras, where the tall and slender... | |
 | 1852 - 432 стор.
...of ocean. " If," says Humboldt, " I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollection of my own travels, I would instance, among the most striking...not sparkling as in our northern skies, shed their Epft and planetary light over the gently-heaving ocean ; or I would recal the deep valleys of the Cordilleras,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1856 - 386 стор.
...peculiar character of the scene. If I might be allowed to ahandon myself to the recollections i if my own distant travels, I would instance, among the most striking scenes of nature, the calm suhlimity of a tropical night, ivhen the stars, not sparkling, as in our northern skiea, shed their... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1862 - 594 стор.
...picture-gallery, can at will bring before their mind's eye the most sublime sights that this world can aiford to the gaze of mortal man. How tantalising, for instance,...gently-heaving ocean; or I would recall the deep valleys of the Cordillerus, where the tall and slender palms pierce the leafy veil around them, and, waving on high... | |
 | 1861 - 450 стор.
...understanding and enobles the feelings. Here is a passage from Humboldt, suggestive of the Homeric school : "If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections...northern skies, shed their soft and planetary light over tire gently heaving ocean ; or I would recall the deep vallies of the Cordilleras, where the tall and... | |
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