 ... them into a multitude of brilliant fragments against their projecting points. Sublime and magnificent as such a scene must have appeared under different circumstances, to us it was awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 181849Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 524 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction : the high waves and...avoid the dreadful calamity that seemed to await us." # * * * * We were now within half-a-mile of the range of bergs. The roar of the surf, which extended... | |
 | Sir James Clark Ross - 1847 - 470 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction : the high waves and...moments like these comfort and peace of mind could only be obtained by casting our cares upon that Almighty Power which had already so often interposed... | |
 | 1848 - 530 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction ; the high waves and...moments like these, comfort and peace of mind could only be obtained by casting our cares upon that Almighty Power which had already so often interposed... | |
 | 1848 - 444 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction; the high waves and...towing with the boats impossible; and our situation was the more painful and embarrassing from our inability to make any effort to avoid the dreadful calamity... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 214 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction : the high waves and...towing with the boats impossible, and our situation was more painful and embarrassing from our inability to make any effort to avoid the dreadful calamity... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction ; the high waves and...towing with the boats impossible, and our situation was the more painful and embarrassing, from our inability to make any effort to avoid the dreadful... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1850 - 604 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifiing towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction : the high waves and...moments like these, comfort and peace of mind could only be obtained by casting our H 2 cares upon that Almighty Power which had already so ofien interposed... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1850 - 596 lehte
...awful, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction. The high waves and...moments like these, comfort and peace of mind could only be obtained by casting all our cares on that Almighty Power which had already so often interposed... | |
 | World - 1852 - 588 lehte
...awiul, if not appalling. For eight hours we had been gradually drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction ; the high waves and...moments like these, comfort and peace of mind could only be obtained by casting our cares upon that Almighty Power which had already so often interposed... | |
 | Alfred Elwes - 1872 - 306 lehte
...drifting towards what to human eyes appeared inevitable destruction ; the high waves and deep rolling3 of our ships rendered towing with the boats impossible,...avoid the dreadful calamity that seemed to await us. * * * We were now within half a mile of the range of bergs. The roar of the surf, which extended each... | |
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