... and how, ever and anon, startling you with its white flash, a jet of spray leaps hissing out of the fall like a rocket, bursting in the wind and driven away in dust, filling the air with light ; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless... Swiss Pictures: Drawn with Pen and Pencil - Page 19by Samuel Manning - 1881 - 206 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1843 - 832 pages
...driven away in dust, filling the air with light ; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless, crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled...stoops in tremulous stillness over all, fading and flashing alternately through the choking spray and shattered sunshine, hiding itself at last among... | |
| 1843 - 1380 pages
...driven away in dust, filling the air with light ; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless, crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled...stoops in tremulous stillness over all, fading and flashing alternately through the choking spray and shattered sunshine, hiding itself at last among... | |
| 1861 - 462 pages
...dust, filling the air with light ; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless, crushing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled by the foam...in its body shows purer than the sky through white rain clouds ; while the shuddering iris stoops in tremulous stillness over all, fading and flushing... | |
| 1853 - 442 pages
...in dust, filling the air with light: and 2Q SSI how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless, crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled...in its body, shows purer than the sky through white rain cloud : while the shuddering iris stoops in tremulous stillness over all, fading and flushing... | |
| Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pages
...driven away in dust, filling the air with light: and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless, crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled...in its body, shows purer than the sky through white rain cloud : while the shuddering iris stoops in tremulous stillness over all, fading and flushing... | |
| John Ruskin - 1857 - 502 pages
...driven away in dust, filling the air with light ; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled...spray and shattered sunshine, hiding itself at last among the thick golden leaves which toss to and fro in sympathy with the wild water ; their dripping... | |
| John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 pages
...of the restless, crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled by the foum in its body, showers purer than the sky through white rain-cloud ; while...spray and shattered sunshine, hiding itself at last among the thick golden leaves which toss to and fro in sympathy with the wild water; their dripping... | |
| Peter Bayne - 1860 - 432 pages
...driven away in dust, filling the air with light; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled...spray and shattered sunshine, hiding itself at last among the thick golden leaves which toss to and fro in sympathy with the wild water; their dripping... | |
| Samuel Manning - 1866 - 228 pages
...driven away in dust, filling the air with light ; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the reeling, crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled by the foam in it, body, shows purer than the sky through white rain-cloud; while the shuddering irk stoop, in tremulous... | |
| Frederick Swartz Jewell - 1867 - 276 pages
...driven away in dust, filling the air with light; and how, through the curdling wreaths of the restless, crashing abyss below, the blue of the water, paled...spray and shattered sunshine, hiding itself at last in among the thick golden leaves which toss to and fro in sympathy with the wild water ; their dripping... | |
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