 One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought. Just at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and left the place to the disposal...  The American Midwest: Essays on Regional History - Page 56edited by - 2001 - 264 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John Filson - 1823 - 52 pages
...thought. Just at the close of day, the gentle gales ceased; a profound calm ensued; not a breath shook the tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding...with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains and beautious tracts below. On one hand I surveyed the famous Ohio, rolling in silent dignity, and... | |
 | Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 844 pages
...and particularly the accessible parts of the mountains. On these excursions I went well armed. I once gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking...beauteous tracts below. On the other hand, I surveyed tfte famous river Ohio that rolled in silent dignity, marking the western boundary of Kentucky with... | |
 | United States - 1825 - 472 pages
...at the close of the day, the gentle gales ceased ; a profound cairn ensued ; not a breath shook the tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and looking round with astonishment and delight, beheld the ample plains and beauteous tracts below. On one hand the famous... | |
 | James Hervey - Dialogues, English - 1825 - 460 pages
...the close of day the gales which escorted the spongy treasures retired, and consigned their charge to the disposal of a profound calm : not a breeze shook the most tremulons leaf; not a curl ruffled the smooth expansive lake : all things were still as in attentive... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - Northwest, Old - 1835 - 362 pages
...letter by itself, I will endeavour to describe it in my next. It was in June ; and at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and left the place to the...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. * * * Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - Kentucky - 1835 - 364 pages
...letter by itself, I will endeavour to describe it in my next. It was in June ; and at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and left the place to the...beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. * * * Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight. Here she displayed her ingenuity... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - Northwest, Old - 1835 - 360 pages
...letter by itself, I will endeavour to describe it in my next. It was in June ; and at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and left the place to the disposal of a profound calm. Not ยป breeze shook the most tremulous leaf. I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and looking... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - Northwest, Old - 1835 - 358 pages
...eminence, saw with pleasure the beautiful land of Kentucky. * * It was in June; and at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and left the place to the disposal of a profound The whippoorwill was already beginning to call from the hill-side, when I reached the little inn from... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - Northwest, Old - 1835 - 360 pages
...eminence, saw with pleasure the beautiful land of Kentucky. * * It was in June ; and at the close of day the gentle gales retired, and left the place to the disposal of a profound 206 MOUNTAIN INN. The whippoorwill was already beginning to call from the hill-side, when I reached... | |
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