 We saw more and more, till the heat became so powerful as to attract the mists from the various lakes, which in a slight degree obscured the prospect. The shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and showed its bicapitated form; the Wyddfa making...  The book of North Wales - Page 178by Charles Frederick Cliffe - 1850 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...glowing with redness. The prospect was disclosed like the gradual drawing up of a curtain in a theatre. We saw more and more, till the heat became so powerful,...The shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and shewed its bicapitated form ; the Wyddfa making one, th* Crib-y-distill the other, head. I counted... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1812 - 1052 pages
...•with redness. The prospect was disclosed like the gradual drawing up of a curtain in a theatre. We saw more and more, till the heat became so powerful,...The shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and shewed its bicapitated form ; the Wyddfa making one, the Crib-y-distill the other, head. I counted... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1836 - 528 pages
...the west till about twelve, and walked up the whole way. The night was remarkably fine and starry j towards morn the stars faded away, and left a short...lakes, which in a slight degree obscured the prospect. Tlie shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and showed its bicapitated form ; the Wyddfa making... | |
 | 1836 - 600 pages
...redness. The prospect was disclosed to us like the gradual drawing up of a curtain in an amphitheatre, W'o saw more and more, till the heat became so powerful...its bicapitated form ; the Wyddfa making one, Crib y Distill the other. I counted this time between twenty and thirty lakes, either in this county or Meirionydd... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...disclosed lik« the gradual drawing up of the curtain in a theatre. The view was gradually unfolded, until the heat became so powerful as to attract the mists...shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and showed the form of its summit. I counted between twenty and thirty lakes, either in this county or Merionethshire.... | |
 | George Nicholson - 1840 - 692 pages
...glowed with redness. The prospect was disclosed like the gradual drawing up of a curtain in a theatre. We saw more and more, till the heat became so powerful,...showed its bicapitated form ; the Wyddfa making one, Crib-y-Distyll the other head. I counted between 20 and 30 lakes, either in this county or Merionethshire.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...glowing with redness. The prospect was disclosed like the gradual drawing up of a curtain in a theatre. We saw more and more, till the heat became so powerful...The shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and shewed its bicapitated form ; the IVyddfa making one, Crib y Dysilyllihe other head. I counted this... | |
 | Edward Parry - Wales - 1843 - 244 pages
...was disclosed like the gradual drawing up of a curtain in a theatre. More and more became visible, till the heat became so powerful as to attract the...The shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and shewed its hicapitated form; the Wyddfa making one, Crib y Distill, the other head. We counted this... | |
 | Edward Parry - Wales - 1843 - 252 pages
...was disclosed like the gradual drawing up of a curtain in a theatre. More and more became visible, till the heat became so powerful as to attract the...obscured the prospect. The shadow of the mountain was thmg many miles, and shewed its bicapitated form; the Wyddfa making one, Crib-y -Distill, the other... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1843 - 402 pages
...disclosed like the gradual drawing up of the curtain in a theatre. The view was gradually unfolded, until the heat became so powerful as to attract the mists...shadow of the mountain was flung many miles, and showed the form of its summit. I counted between twenty and thirty lakes, either in this comity or Merionethshire.... | |
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