 | 1836 - 640 Seiten
...traveller arrives at certain heights, whence he discovers within his horizon the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation, or which men influenced by the vainest dreams of ambition have yet bequeathed to their posterity. At... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1836 - 590 Seiten
...enough, turn you northward.' :' — Bvnkhttrdt,Pnfnie,t'y. xiv. xv. xvi. the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture, which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation, which men influenced by the vainest dreams of ambition have yet bequeathed to the generations that... | |
 | 1836 - 590 Seiten
...heights above one more ravine, whence he discovers within his horizon the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation, which men influenced by the vainest dreams of ambition have yet bequeathed to the generations that... | |
 | Léon marquis de Laborde - 1838 - 438 Seiten
...heights above one more ravine, whence he discovers within his horizon the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture, which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation, which men influenced by the vainest dreams of ambition have yet bequeathed to the people, and with... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 372 Seiten
...heights above one more ravine, whence he discovers within his horizon the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture which Nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation ; which men, influenced by the vainest dreams of ambition, have yet bequeathed to the generations that... | |
 | John Wilson - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...Labordo respecting it : — The traveller " discovers within his horizon the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation, which men, influenced by the vainest dreams of ambition have yet bequeathed to the generations which... | |
 | Henry Tullidge - 1863 - 454 Seiten
...traveller approaching from the south, from the heights above, as presenting " the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture, which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation ; which men, influenced by the vainest dreams of ambition, have yet bequeathed to succeeding generations.... | |
 | 1866 - 512 Seiten
...the name which it still bears, and whose excavated tombs, temples, cisterns, aqueducts, and private dwellings, with their beautiful facades and colonnades,...union with what a French traveller calls ' the most enchant'jng picture which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of ' creation/ form the most wonderful... | |
 | 1836 - 610 Seiten
...heights above one more ravine, whence he discovers within his horizon the most singular f-pcctacle, the most enchanting picture which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation, which men influenced by the vainest dreiims of ambition have yet bequeathed to the generations that... | |
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But at length the road leads him to the heights above one more ravine, whence he discovers within his horizon the most singular spectacle, the most enchanting picture which nature has wrought in her grandest mood of creation, which men influenced by the... 