 Sanchez of Segovia, and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - 697 페이지저자: Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 733 페이지전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Reading book - 1854 - 300 페이지
...if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hands of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. These gleams were, however, so uncertain, that few thought much of them. Columbus considered them as... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - 1854 - 1012 페이지
...if it were a torch, in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves, or in the hands of some person on shore«, borne up and down as he walked. Columbus considered this appearance as a certain sign of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 페이지
...in sudden and passing gleams as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves, or in the hand of some person on shore,...of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited — Washington Irving. 471. THE TORTOISE. — The tortoise was a machine composed of very strong and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 268 페이지
...sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore,...these gleams, that few attached any importance to them 5 Columbus, however, considered them as certain signs of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 페이지
...sudden and passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore,...Columbus, however, considered them as certain signs of laud, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited. They continued their course until two in the morning,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 페이지
...in sudden and passing gleams; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and Making wilh the waves: or in the hand of some person on shore,...borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transit-in and unrcrtnin were these gleams, that few atiached any importance to them; Columbus, however,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 페이지
...sndden and passing gleams, as if it were a torch in the hark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves, or in the hand of some person on shore,...them; Columbus, however, considered them as certain sigus of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited. They contiuned their course until two in... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1858 - 482 페이지
...passing gleams, as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking w ith the waves. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that...importance to them. Columbus, however, considered them as ccrtain.signs of land ; and, moreover, that the land was inhabited. about two leagues distant ; whereupon... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 페이지
...sudden and passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore,...borne up and down as he walked from house to house. \ 'o transient and uncertain were these gleams that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus,... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 페이지
...sudden and passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from louse to house ... So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to... | |
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