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" The one common note of all this country is the haunting presence of the ocean. A great faint sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland canyons ; the roar of water dwells in the clean, empty rooms of Monterey as in a shell upon the chimney... "
Works: An inland voyage. Travels with a donkey. The amateur emigrant. The ... - Page 475
by Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 22

1880 - 870 pages
...though that and so many other things are now for ever altered — and it was from here that you had your first view of the old township lying in the sands,...thicket, and grove surround you. You follow winding sandy tracts that lead nowhither. You see a deer ; a multitude of quail arises. But the sound of the sea...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 102

1880 - 868 pages
...though that and so many other things are now for ever altered — and it was from here that you had your first view of the old township lying in the sands,...thicket, and grove surround you. You follow winding sandy tracts that lead nowhither. You see a deer ; a multitude of quail arises. But the sound of the sea...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 22

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1880 - 1614 pages
...though that and so many other things are now for ever altered — and it was from here that you had your first view of the old township lying in the sands,...thicket, and grove surround you. You follow winding sandy tracts that lead nowhither. You see a deer ; a multitude of quail arises. But the sound of the sea...
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Choice Literature, Volume 6

Choice literature - 1880 - 432 pages
...presence of the ocean. A great faint sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland canons; the roar of water dwells in the clean, empty rooms...thicket, and grove surround you. You follow winding sandy tracts that lead nowhither. You see a deer; a multitude of quail arises. But the sound of the sea still...
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The Forms of Prose Literature

John Hays Gardiner - English language - 1900 - 520 pages
...presence of the ocean. A great faint sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland canons ; the roar of water dwells in the clean, empty rooms...surround you. You follow winding sandy tracks that lead now thither. You see a deer; a multitude of quail arises. But the sound of the sea still follows you,...
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The Essentials of Prose Composition

James Morgan Hart - English language - 1902 - 242 pages
...presence of the ocean. A great faint sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland cafions; the roar of water dwells in the clean, empty rooms...have but to pause and listen to hear the voice of the Pacif1c. You pass out of the town to the southwest, and mount the hill among pine woods. Glade, thicket,...
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9

Robert Louis Stevenson - Scottish literature - 1906 - 510 pages
...though that and so many other things are now for ever altered — and it was from here that you had your first view of the old township lying in the sands,...the town to the southwest, and mount the hill among the pine woods. Glade, thicket, and grove surround you. You follow winding sandy tracks that lead nowhither....
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The Elements of English Grammar: With Suggestions for Composition Work

Albert Le Roy Bartlett, Howard Lee McBain - English language - 1906 - 360 pages
...haunting presence of the ocean. A great sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland canons; the roar of water dwells in the clean, empty rooms...surround you. You follow winding sandy tracks that lead now hither now thither. You see a deer; a multitude of quail arises. But the sound of the sea follows...
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English Composition

Hammond Lamont - English language - 1906 - 394 pages
...Monterey has been compared by no less a person than General Sherman to a bent fishinghook. Page 74. — The roar of water dwells in the clean, empty rooms of Monterey as in a shell upon the chimney. Page 75. — A hot, dry air will overhang the town, close as from an oven. Page 79- — A sirloin that...
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English Compositon

Hammond Lamont - English language - 1906 - 404 pages
...presence of the ocean. A great faint sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland canons; the roar of water dwells in the clean, empty rooms of Monterey as in a shell upon Uie chimney; go where you will, you have but to pause and listen to hear the voice of the Pacific....
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