 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 418 pages
...is displayed in the bay, and the wooded hills that encircle it; the sea, blue as sapphire, break« upon the fortified rocks, which form the entrance...the sea, and bend their crowns above the water ; the shores are gemmed with flowers; the hills behind are draped with forests of perennial green, and far... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 406 pages
...scenery, as it is displayed in the bay, and the wwvted hills that encircle it; the eea, blue as sa-nphtre, breaks upon the fortified rocks which form the entrance to the harbour; the hills behind are draped with forests of perennial green, and far in the distance rises1 thte TXVC\(*... | |
 | sir James Emerson Tennent (bart.) - 1859 - 702 pages
...intensified degree, the emotions excited in childhood by the slow rising of the curtain in a darkened theatre to disclose some magical triumph of the painter's...with verdure ; and the yellow strand is shaded by palm-trees that incline towards the sea, and bend their crowns above the water. The shore is gemmed... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1859 - 700 pages
...intensified degree, the emotions excited in childhood by the slow rising of the curtain in a darkened theatre to disclose some magical triumph of the painter's...which form the entrance to the harbour ; the headlands arc bright with verdure ; and the yellow strand is shaded by palm-trees that incline towards the sea,... | |
 | tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...of the curtain in a darkened theatre to disclose some magical triumph of the painter's fancy, in ah1 the luxury of colouring and all the glory of light....with verdure ; and the yellow strand is shaded by palm-trees that incline towards the sea, and bend their crowns above the water. The shore is gemmed... | |
 | 1860 - 660 pages
...feeling of admiration and wonder called forth by its loveliness remains vivid and unimpaired. . . . The sea, blue as sapphire, breaks upon the fortified...with verdure ; and the yellow strand is shaded by palm-trees that incline towards the sea, and bend their crowns above the water. The shore is gemmed... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1860 - 704 pages
...intensified degree, the emotions excited in childhood by the slow rising of the curtain in a darkened theatre to disclose some magical triumph of .the painter's fancy, in all the luxury of colouring and ah1 the glory of light! The sea, blue as sapphire, breaks upon the fortified rocks which form the entrance... | |
 | John Ogwen Jones - 236 pages
...gyayrchwyd gan ei dlysni yn hir, yn glir, a dilwgr, ar fy meddwl. " The sea" meddai un awdwr .Seisnig, " blue as sapphire, breaks upon the fortified rocks which form the entrance to the harbour • the shore is- gemmed with ßowers, the hills behind are draped with forests of perennial green, and far... | |
 | Henry William Cave - Sri Lanka - 1900 - 508 pages
...intensified degree, the emotions excited in childhood by the slow rising of the curtain in a darkened theatre to disclose some magical triumph of the painter's...incline towards the sea, and bend their crowns above 442 GALLE. the water. The shore is gemmed with flowers, the hills behind are draped with forests of... | |
 | Henry William Cave - Sri Lanka - 1901 - 510 pages
...the curtain in a darkened theatre to disclose vome magical triumph of the painter's fancy, in all Jie luxury of colouring and all the glory of light. The sea, blue as sapphire, breaks upon the fortified -ocks which form the entrance to the harbour ; he headlands are bright with verdure; and the ,-ellow... | |
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... loveliness remains vivid and unimpaired. If, as is frequently the case, the ship approaches the land at daybreak, the view recalls, but in an intensified degree, the emotions excited in childhood by the slow rising of the curtain in a darkened theatre... 
