 | 1842 - 622 halaman
...eye descends to the depth of two thousand feet, into the immense chasm, and wanders over the rugged and broken outline of the many peaks that rise from its very bottom ; then upwards, following the grey, precipitous rocks, till their summits are lost in the clouds which are passing fitfully across... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1845 - 392 halaman
...Curral, and the whole scene suddenly bursts upon you. The eye descends to the depth of two thousand fcet, into the immense chasm below, and wanders over the...its very bottom ; then upwards, following the gray preeipitous rocks, till their summits are lost in the clouds, which are passing fitfully across it,... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 702 halaman
...edge of the Curral, and the whole scene suddenly bursts upon you. The eye descends to the depth of two thousand feet, into the immense chasm below, and wanders over the ragged 'and broken outlines of the many peaks that rise from its very bottom ; then upwards, following the gray precipitous... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1852 - 364 halaman
...edge of the Curral, and the whole scene suddenly bursts upon you. The eye descends to the depth of two thousand feet, into the immense chasm below, and wanders over the ragged and broken outlines of the many peaks that rise from its very bottom ; then upwards, following the gray precipitous... | |
 | 1854 - 644 halaman
...of the Curral, and the whole scene suddenly bursts upon you. The eye descends to the depth of 2000 feet, into the immense chasm below, and wanders over...from its very bottom ; then upwards, following the grey precipitous rocks, till their summits are lost in the clouds, which are passing fitfully across... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1856 - 536 halaman
...edge of the Curral. and the whole scene suddenly bursts upon you. The eye descends to the depth of two thousand feet, into the immense chasm below, and...precipitous rocks, till their summits are lost in tJbe clouds, which are passing fitfully across it, occasionally permitting the sunbeams to glance to... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1862 - 688 halaman
...must be remembered that scene that suddenly opens to the view, where the eye descends to a depth of two thousand feet into the immense chasm below, and wanders over the rugged and broken outline of the many peaks that rise from its very bottom, or upwards, following the... | |
 | 1872 - 254 halaman
...The eye descends to the depth of 2,000 feet into the immense chasm below, and wanders over the rugged and broken outline of the many peaks that rise from its very bottom; then upwards, following the grey precipitous rocks, till their summits aro lost in the clouds, which are passing fitfully across... | |
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... roads, or paths hedged with roses, &c., the view gradually extending beneath, over the terraced vineyards. Just before reaching it you mount a small ascent ; you are then on the summit or edge of the Curral. and the whole scene suddenly bursts upon... 