 ... 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 - Seite 22herausgegeben von - 1828Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...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 - 1828 - 574 Seiten
...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,... | |
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...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... | |
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...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... | |
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...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... | |
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...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,... | |
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...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... | |
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...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... | |
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...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... | |
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...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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