 By the time the latter had ascended the roundhouse 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 and sinking with the waves, or in the hand of some...  Tales from American History - Seite 49von Eliza Robbins - 1833Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1828 - 722 Seiten
...round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising...borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 574 Seiten
...DISCOVERY OK LAND. 233 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,...borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus,... | |
 | 1828 - 448 Seiten
...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,...borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 Seiten
...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 and sinking...borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them; Columbus, however,... | |
 | 1828 - 438 Seiten
...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 and sinking with the wares : or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house.... | |
 | 1829 - 762 Seiten
...round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams ; as it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising...shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to bouse. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 Seiten
...as 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. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus,... | |
 | 1830 - 428 Seiten
...round-bouse, 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 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. So transient and... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...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,...borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them. Columbus, however,... | |
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