 | 1826 - 722 lehte
...the earth is covered, all is dreary monotonous whiteness — not merely for days or weeks, but fur more than half a year together. Whichever way the...have nothing congenial, of anything, in short, but life. In the very silence there is a deadness with which a human spectator appears out of keeping.... | |
 | 1826 - 644 lehte
...diversified by a thaw, which at once gives variety and comparative cheerfulness to the prospect. Hut here, when once the earth is covered, all is dreary...have nothing congenial ; of anything, in short, but life. In the very silence there is a deadness with which a human spectator appears nut tf keeping.... | |
 | 1826 - 738 lehte
...occasionally diversified by a thaw, which at once gives variety and comparative cheerfulness to the propect. But here, when once the earth is covered, all is dreary...picture calculated to impress upon the mind an idea of itmnimate stillness, of that motionless torpor with which our feelings have nothing congenial, of anything,... | |
 | 1826 - 570 lehte
...once the earth is covered, all is dreary monotonous whiteness, — not merely for days or weeks, hut for more than half a year together. Whichever way...have nothing congenial ; of anything, in short, but life. 'In the very silence there is a deadness with which a human spectator appears out of keeping.... | |
 | 1826 - 644 lehte
...once the earth is covered, all is dreary monotonous whiteness — not merely for days or weeks, hut for more than half a year together. Whichever way...have nothing congenial ; of anything, in short, but life. In the very silence there is a deadness with which a human spectator appears out of keeping.... | |
 | 1827 - 462 lehte
...monotonous whiteness, — not merely for days or weeks, but for more than half a year together. W hichever way the eye is turned, it meets a picture calculated...• which our feelings have nothing congenial — of any thing, in short, but life. In the very silence there is a deadness with which a human spectator... | |
 | Sir William Edward Parry - 1828 - 350 lehte
...to the prospect. But here, when once the earth is covered, all is dreary monotonous whiteness—not merely for days or weeks, but for more than half a...have nothing congenial; of anything, in short, but life. In the very silence there is a deadness with which a human spectator appears out of keeping.... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1846 - 574 lehte
...Winter after .winter, nature here assumes an aspect so much alike, that cursory observation can scarcely detect a single feature of variety. The winter of...have nothing congenial ; of anything, in short, but life. In the very silence there is a deadness with which a human spectator appears out of keeping.... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1846 - 400 lehte
...Winter after winter, nature here assumes an aspect so mach alike, that cursory observation can scarcely detect a single feature of variety. The winter of...it meets a picture calculated to impress upon the mi:id au idea of inanimate stillness, of that motionless torpor P3 174 ARCTIC VOYAGES. with which oar... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 lehte
...all is dreary, monotonous whiteness, — not merely for days or weeks, but for more than half-a-year together. Whichever way the eye is turned, it meets...stillness — of that motionless torpor with which the feelings have nothing congenial ; of anything, in short, but life. The presence of man seems an... | |
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Winter after winter, nature here assumes an aspect so much alike, that cursory observation can scarcely detect a single feature of variety. The winter of more temperate climates, and even in some of no slight severity, is occasionally diversified by a... 
