| Washington Irving - 1882 - 572 pages
...that I still feel, the dismal groans of our forests ; the late dreadful hurricane having subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...thousand brave oaks in one part only of the forest of Dean blown down." I have paused more than once in the wilderness of America, to contemplate the... | |
| 1883 - 708 pages
...sure I am that I still feel the dismal groans of our forests when that dreadful hurricane subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...conqueror, and crushing all that grew beneath them.' His detailed statement of damage is still more interesting : ' The public accounts reckon no less than... | |
| 1883 - 736 pages
...our forests when that dreadful hurricane subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating th^ trees, laying them in ghastly postures, like whole...the sword of the conqueror, and crushing all that gnr* beneath them.' His detailed statement of damage is still more interesting: ' The public accounts... | |
| Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 pages
...that I still feel, the dismal groans of our forests; the late dreadful hurricane having subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...thousand brave oaks in one part only of the forest of Dean blown down." I have paused more than once in the wilderness of America, to contemplate the... | |
| Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 pages
...that I still feel, the dismal groans of our forests ; the late dreadful hurricane having subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...thousand brave oaks in one part only of the forest of Dean blown down." I have paused more than once in the wilderness of America, to contemplate the... | |
| Washington Irving - 1887 - 952 pages
...that I still feel, the dismal groans of our forests ; the late dreadful hurricane having subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...thousand brave oaks in one part only of the forest of Dean blown down." I have paused more than once in the wilderness of America, to contemplate the... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1894 - 674 pages
...our forests, when that late dreadful hurricane (happening on the 26th of November 1703) subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...conqueror, and crushing all that grew beneath them. Such was the prospect of many miles in several places, resembling that of Mount Taurus, so naturally... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...our forests, when that late dreadful hurricane (happening on the 26th of November 1703) subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...conqueror, and crushing all that grew beneath them. Such was the prospect of many miles in several places, resembling that of Mount Taurus, so naturally... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...our forests, when that late dreadful hurricane (happening on the 26th of November 1703) subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees,...conqueror, and crushing all that grew beneath them. Such was the prospect of many miles in several places, resembling that of Mount Taurus, so naturally... | |
| Washington Irving - Cloth bindings (Bookbinding) - 1896 - 426 pages
...having subverted so many thousands of goodly oaks, prostrating the trees, laying them 3Sracebrt6ge-t>aU in ghastly postures, like whole regiments fallen in...thousand brave oaks in one part only of the forest of Dean blown down." I have paused more than once in the wilderness of America, to contemplate the... | |
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