 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 538 pages
...and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broke upon his mind, could he have known that he had indeed...magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all of the earth hitherto known by civilized man ; and how would his magnanimous spirit have been consoled,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 534 pages
...Cladera, Investigaciones historias, p. 43. remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broke upon his mind could he have known that he had indeed...equal to the whole of the old world in magnitude, andjseparated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilised man! And how would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 396 pages
...visited by the ships of King Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broken upon his mind,...had indeed discovered a new continent equal to the old world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized... | |
 | 1831 - 412 pages
...and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broke upon his mind, could he have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent, equal to the ^ole of the old world, in magnitude, and separatedj^^feoyast oceans from all the earth hitherto knowii^ifj£f||$£igd... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - 366 pages
...been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broken upon his mind,...from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man !" 3. The discovery of Columbus naturally excited the attention of the civilized nations of Europe,... | |
 | Caleb Cushing - 1833 - 326 pages
...died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. * * * What visions of glory would have broke upon his mind, could he have known that he had indeed...magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all of the earth hitherto known by civilized man ; and how would his magnanimous spirit have been consoled,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...and that Cuba and Terra Firma, were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broke upon his mind, could he have known that he had indeed...world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans 25 his last breath, he entertained the idea, that he had merely opened a new way to the old resorts... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 290 pages
...discoveries. To use the beautiful language of Mr. Irving, " What visions of glory would have broke upon his mind, could he have known that he had indeed...whole of the old world in magnitude, and separated by twovast oceans from all of the earth hitherto known by civilized men; and how would his magnanimous... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1834 - 364 pages
...been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broken upon his mind, could he hare known that he had indeed discovered a new continent, equal to the whole of the old world in magnitude,... | |
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... opulent commerce, and had discovered some of the wild regions of the east. He supposed... 
