 ... before him, covered with darkness ! That it was fruitful, was evident from the vegetables which floated from its shores. He thought, too, that he perceived in the balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves.  Complete Works - Page 162by Washington Irving - 1882Full view - About this book
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which be had beheld, had proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants...strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island... | |
 | 1828 - 638 pages
...air, the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which he had beheld, had proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants...strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island... | |
 | Washington Irving - America - 1828 - 574 pages
...air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which he had beheld, had proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants...strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...air the fragrance of aromatic grove». The moving light which he had beheld, had proved that it Was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other part« of the globe ; or were they sume strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1829 - 346 pages
...balmy air thefragrance of aromatic-groves. Themoving light which he had beheld, proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which he bad beheld, proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of other parts of the globe; or were they some strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which he had beheld had proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants...strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - America - 1833 - 290 pages
...have been employed in conjectures concerning this new region. The moving light had shown, that it was the residence of man. " But what were its inhabitants...Were they like those of the other parts of the globe 1 Had he come upon some wild island of the Indian Sea, or was this the famed Cipango itself?" Would... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1835 - 252 pages
...balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which he had beheld, proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in... | |
 | Emerson Davis - Teaching - 1839 - 116 pages
...beheld, proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island,... | |
| |
