The Swiss family Robinson; or, Adventures of a shipwrecked family on a desolate island. New, unabridged tr. [by W.H.D. Adams]. With an intr. from the Fr. of C. Nodier |
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Pàgina 15
... reached lat . 40 ° N. , and all things conspired to cherish the hope that in ten days their voyage would be ended , when suddenly the winds , hitherto favourable , completely changed , and raged with such fury that , spite of all the ...
... reached lat . 40 ° N. , and all things conspired to cherish the hope that in ten days their voyage would be ended , when suddenly the winds , hitherto favourable , completely changed , and raged with such fury that , spite of all the ...
Pàgina 31
... reached terra firma before us , received us with joyous barks . The geese and ducks , swimming in the bay , maintained an incessant clamour ; and these sounds , mingling with the shrill cries of the penguins and other sea - birds ...
... reached terra firma before us , received us with joyous barks . The geese and ducks , swimming in the bay , maintained an incessant clamour ; and these sounds , mingling with the shrill cries of the penguins and other sea - birds ...
Pàgina 43
... reached the other bank in safety . Turning to the left , we travelled with much difficulty through rank tall grasses half withered by the sun , in the direction of the sea - shore , where we thought our progress would be interrupted by ...
... reached the other bank in safety . Turning to the left , we travelled with much difficulty through rank tall grasses half withered by the sun , in the direction of the sea - shore , where we thought our progress would be interrupted by ...
Pàgina 48
... reached a more open locality ; the forest stretched far away on our right , within gun shot range , and some isolated trees of very curious aspect rose at intervals ; Frederick , who led the advance , soon discovered them . " Look ...
... reached a more open locality ; the forest stretched far away on our right , within gun shot range , and some isolated trees of very curious aspect rose at intervals ; Frederick , who led the advance , soon discovered them . " Look ...
Pàgina 51
... reached the summit of the acclivity , whence the view embraced an immense horizon . Though I carefully surveyed the panorama in all direc- tions , I could not discover the slightest trace of those we were in search of , nor even of any ...
... reached the summit of the acclivity , whence the view embraced an immense horizon . Though I carefully surveyed the panorama in all direc- tions , I could not discover the slightest trace of those we were in search of , nor even of any ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 143 - They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Pàgina 337 - The sunrise broken into scarlet shafts Among the palms and ferns and precipices ; The blaze upon the waters to the east ; The blaze upon his island overhead ; The blaze upon the waters to the west ; Then the great stars that globed themselves in Heaven, The hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail.
Pàgina 608 - Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water. The native pilot of this little bark Put out a tier of oars on either side, Spread to the wafting breeze a twofold sail, And mounted up and glided down the billowIn happy freedom, pleased to feel the air And wander in the luxury of light.
Pàgina 17 - And o'er upheaving surges wounded reels : Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock : Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering cast their eyes In wild despair ; while yet another stroke With strong convulsion rends the solid oak : Ah Heaven ! — behold her crashing ribs divide ! She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.
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Pàgina 84 - Beautiful is the land, with its prairies and forests of fruit-trees ; Under the feet a garden of flowers, and the bluest of heavens Bending above, and resting its dome on the walls of the forest. They who dwell there have named it the Eden of Louisiana.
Pàgina 137 - Well done, good and faithful servants, ye have been faithful over a few things, I will make you rulers over many things, enter ye into the joy of your Lord"?
Pàgina 608 - Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward from the deep emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water. The native pilot of this little bark Put out a tier of oars on either side, Spread to the wafting breeze a twofold sail, And mounted up and glided down the billow In happy freedom, pleased to feel the air...
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