A Fight with Distances: The States, the Hawaiian Islands, Canada, British Columbia, Cuba, the BahamasK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1888 - 352 pagini |
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Pagina 11
... objects totally new and marvel- lously interesting to me - those strange , huge , ghostly masses of fresh - water ice that break away in gigantic volume from the far - away solitudes of the glaciers and ice - sheets that cover Greenland ...
... objects totally new and marvel- lously interesting to me - those strange , huge , ghostly masses of fresh - water ice that break away in gigantic volume from the far - away solitudes of the glaciers and ice - sheets that cover Greenland ...
Pagina 12
... object , particularly when viewed through a binocular , and must have been of great height . It was glittering and sparkling in full sunshine , and I now first realized that peculiar glitter in sunshine of ice and snow , pure and simple ...
... object , particularly when viewed through a binocular , and must have been of great height . It was glittering and sparkling in full sunshine , and I now first realized that peculiar glitter in sunshine of ice and snow , pure and simple ...
Pagina 16
... object in the per- spective . Looking towards its towering and in- creasing form as we moved along between the banks , the effect was grand . Surmounted by the citadel of Quebec , it stood over Quebec itself , which with its upper and ...
... object in the per- spective . Looking towards its towering and in- creasing form as we moved along between the banks , the effect was grand . Surmounted by the citadel of Quebec , it stood over Quebec itself , which with its upper and ...
Pagina 38
... must follow the curve ; the river immediately below is called 1000 feet wide . Do not suppose that your object is at too great a distance . All is in perfect focus , and the noble water gorge does 38 A FIGHT WITH DISTANCES .
... must follow the curve ; the river immediately below is called 1000 feet wide . Do not suppose that your object is at too great a distance . All is in perfect focus , and the noble water gorge does 38 A FIGHT WITH DISTANCES .
Pagina 42
... green colours on the centre object , not uniform , but broken , and graduated ; and intensified in the very centre . The cliffs on both sides of the river are well I wooded , and the whole picture is well framed 42 A FIGHT WITH DISTANCES .
... green colours on the centre object , not uniform , but broken , and graduated ; and intensified in the very centre . The cliffs on both sides of the river are well I wooded , and the whole picture is well framed 42 A FIGHT WITH DISTANCES .
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