| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendor of Oriental civilization. FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD. from all parts of the... | |
| Success - 1902 - 532 pages
...unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand...and glittering fanes and gilded cities, and all the splendor of Oriental civilization. It was on Friday morning, the twelfth of October, that Columbus... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 702 pages
...unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea, or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand...and gilded cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilisation. It was on Friday morning, the 12th of October, that Columbus first beheld the New World.... | |
| Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 pages
...(0) ? Had he come upon some wild island, far in the Indian seas ; or was this the famed Cipango (7) itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand...speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as he watched for the night to pass away, wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness,... | |
| Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - Readers - 1918 - 432 pages
...unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself; the object of his golden fancies? A thousand...swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited 20 for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness,... | |
| Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - Readers - 1918 - 432 pages
...unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself; the object of his golden fancies? A thousand...swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited 20 for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness,... | |
| Sir Geoffrey Arthur Romaine Callender - Ocean in literature, English - 1921 - 444 pages
...unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island, far in the Indian seas; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand...speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as he watched for the night to pass away; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness,... | |
| Sir William Alexander Craigie - English language - 1924 - 156 pages
...regjons? Had he come upo-n some wild island far in the Indian Sea? or was this the famous Cipa-ngo itse-lf, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand...the kind must have swarmed upo-n him, as, with his anxjous crews, he waited for the night to pass away-, wondering whether the morning light would revea-l... | |
| Henry Mann - History - 2002 - 324 pages
...unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendor of Oriental civilization. * The immediate effect of the discovery of America by Columbus was... | |
| Richard L. Kagan - Public opinion - 2002 - 314 pages
...before him, covered with darkness. ... A thousand speculations . . . must have swarmed upon him, . . . wondering whether the morning light would reveal a...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendor of Oriental civili2ation. f4i The expectant, heroic dimension of this piece is paramount,... | |
| |