 ... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his...  Museum of Foreign Literature and Science - Page 22edited by - 1828Full view - About this book
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...for the night to pass away : wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wildnerness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering fanes, and...cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization.' The land to which he was thus triumphantly borne was the island of San Salvador, since called Cat Island,... | |
 | Washington Irving - America - 1828 - 574 pages
...of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD. [1492.] IT was on the morning of Friday,... | |
 | Southern States - 1828 - 638 pages
...of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away : wondering whether the morning light would reveal...and glittering fanes and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization." pp. 146-8. On his return from this wonderful entei prise, Columbus... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pages
...OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD. ['49'-] • IT was on the morning of Friday, 12th of October, i49», that Columbus first beheld the New World. When the day dawned, he saw before him a level and beautiful island several leagues in extent, of great freshness and verdure, and covered with trees... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...all 'if iplendour of oriental civilisation. It was "t the morning of Friday, 12th of October, U9J, that Columbus first beheld the New World. When the day dawned, he saw before baa level and beautiful island, several leagues fa extent, of great freshness and verdure, and <wered... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away : wondering whether the morning light would reveal...cities, and all the splendour of oriental civilization." The land to which he was thus triumphantly borne was the island of San Salvador, since called Cat Island,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1829 - 346 pages
...A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as he watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...wilderness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering scenes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization. CHAPTER XI. First landing... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as be watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization." No author has, perhaps, created a greater sensation in the public... | |
 | Washington Irving - America - 1830 - 396 pages
...A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as he watched for the night to pass away ; wondering whether the morning light would reveal...and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendours of oriental civilization. CHAPTER XL First landing of Columbus in the New World — Cruise... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...FIRST LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN THE NEW WORLD. IT was on the morning of Friday, 12th of October, 14.92, that Columbus first beheld the New World. "When the day dawned, he saw before him a level and beautiful island several leagues in extent, of great freshness and verdure, and covered with trees... | |
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