The frozen stream; or, An account of the nature ... dangers and uses of iceS.P.C.K., 1846 - 150 Seiten |
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Frozen stream. WHIMPER TRAVELLING ON A FROZEN LAKE IN AMERICA WITH DOGS AND SLEDGES . THE FROZEN STREAM . GENERAL CHAPTER I. EFFECTS OF FROST.
Frozen stream. WHIMPER TRAVELLING ON A FROZEN LAKE IN AMERICA WITH DOGS AND SLEDGES . THE FROZEN STREAM . GENERAL CHAPTER I. EFFECTS OF FROST.
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... sledges dash rapidly over the creaking snow . A very small part of the face is to be seen in the streets , for every man draws his furs over his head , and shows but little of his countenance . Every one is uneasy about 16 THE FROZEN ...
... sledges dash rapidly over the creaking snow . A very small part of the face is to be seen in the streets , for every man draws his furs over his head , and shows but little of his countenance . Every one is uneasy about 16 THE FROZEN ...
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... sledge drawn by two horses , on the river St. John . " The driver rattled his horses on at a brisk gallop , till they , by degrees , settled down into their fastest trot . The sound of the runners upon the ice , and of the horses ' feet ...
... sledge drawn by two horses , on the river St. John . " The driver rattled his horses on at a brisk gallop , till they , by degrees , settled down into their fastest trot . The sound of the runners upon the ice , and of the horses ' feet ...
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... sledge standing at the side of the platform , until about three tons are col- lected . This is then drawn to the storehouse , and landed on a fixed plat- form , and afterwards hoisted block by block into the house . Forty men , as ...
... sledge standing at the side of the platform , until about three tons are col- lected . This is then drawn to the storehouse , and landed on a fixed plat- form , and afterwards hoisted block by block into the house . Forty men , as ...
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... sledges laden with these blocks are to be seen on their way to the city ; each sledge driver seated on an icy throne , and singing as he goes . On delivering them at the destined places , they are thrown into cellars , where the slabs ...
... sledges laden with these blocks are to be seen on their way to the city ; each sledge driver seated on an icy throne , and singing as he goes . On delivering them at the destined places , they are thrown into cellars , where the slabs ...
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appearance ascend asunder AURORA BOREALIS Banks beautiful beneath blocks boat bonspiel bottom breaking called canoe centre climate cold colour continued crevasses crystal danger deep depth distance edge effects of frost fall feet fields of ice filled floating masses foot Forbes formation of ground-ice formed freezing frost fairs frozen Glace glacier Greenland half inches heat height hole horses hundred ice-house ice-saw iceberg icy stream masses of ice melting Mer de Glace miles Mont Blanc Montanvert moraine motion mountains move musquitoes naphtha nearly Neva névé night noise Petersburgh pieces pounds weight produced rapid rills rising river rock rope round season seen sheet of ice ship shore side sink skate sledges slide snow snow line solid sometimes soon stone summer surface Switzerland temperature thaw thick thousand torrents traveller valleys vessels warmth waste WENHAM LAKE whole wind winter
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Seite 80 - Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Seite 147 - He giveth snow like wool : He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth His ice like morsels : Who can stand before His cold? He sendeth out His word, and melteth them : He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Seite 148 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Seite 80 - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain— Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet?— God!
Seite 7 - Let down the flood, and half dissolved by day, Rustles no more ; but to the sedgy bank Fast grows, or gathers round the pointed stone, A crystal pavement, by the breath of Heaven Cemented firm ; till, seized from shore to shore, The whole imprison'd river growls below.
Seite 74 - To enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods, And make thy marble of the glassy wave.
Seite 65 - Branch'd out in many a long canal extends, From every province swarming, void of care, Batavia rushes forth ; and as they sweep, On sounding skates, a thousand different ways, In circling poise, swift as the winds, along, The then gay land is madden'd all to joy.
Seite 7 - Flood, and half dissolved by Day, Rustles no more; but to the sedgy Bank Fast grows, or gathers round the pointed Stone — A crystal Pavement, by the Breath of Heaven Cemented firm; till, seized from Shore to Shore, The whole imprison'd River growls below.
Seite 77 - ; this humour tooke so universally, that 'twas estimated the printer gain'd £5. a day, for printing a line onely, at sixpence a name, besides what he got by ballads, &c. Coaches plied from Westminster to the Temple, and from several other staires to and fro, as in the...
Seite 135 - Blow hollow blustering from the south. Subdued, The frost resolves into a trickling thaw. Spotted the mountains shine ; loose sleet descends, And floods the country round.