| Hugh Miller - 1854 - 600 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the hardness... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1855 - 560 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had 'only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1857 - 550 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the hardness... | |
| 1857 - 692 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...boom like distress-guns, from the recesses of the two deep sea caves." We cannot follow them to their joyous rescue the next morning, but regard the whole... | |
| James Hogg - 1859 - 346 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. " My companion had only the real evils of the case to deal with, and so, the... | |
| Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...hear what they portended, though we could no longer see ...The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...beat heavily against the shore, and to boom, like distress^ims, from the recesses of the two deep-sea caves. We could h'-ar, too, the beating rain, now... | |
| 1854 - 562 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now heavier, now lighter, as the gusts swelled or sunk ; and the intermittent patter of the streamlet over the deeper cave, now driving against the precipices,... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 316 pages
...least, hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...now driving against the precipices, now descending heavily on the stones. had been found on the beach about a month previous, some forty yards from where... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1865 - 572 pages
...least hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...streamlet over the deeper cave, now driving against the preci pices, now descending heavily on the stones. My companion had only the real evils of the case... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pages
...hear what they portended, though we could no longer see. <?. The rising wind began to howl mournfully amid the cliffs, and the sea, hitherto so silent,...boom, like distress-guns, from the recesses of the two deep sea-caves. We could hear, too, the beating rain, now heavier, now lighter, as the gusts swelled... | |
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