 Toward midnight the sky cleared, and the wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose, red as a mass of heated iron, out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light, over the rough, slippery crags, to ascertain whether the tide had not fallen...  My schools and schoolmasters; or, The story of my education - Page 79by Hugh Miller - 1860 - 558 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 594 pages
...wind fell, and the moon in her last quarter rose red like a mass of heated iron out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light over the rough slippery...ascertain whether the tide had not fallen sufficiently to yield us a passage, but we found the waves dialing among the rocks, just where the tide-line had... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1859 - 580 pages
...wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose red as a mass of heated iron out of the sea. We crept down, in the uncertain light, over the rough...far to yield us a passage ; but we found the waves «hafing among the rocks just where the tide-line had rested twelve hours before, and a full fathom... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 572 pages
...wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose red as a mass of heated iron out of the sea. We crept down, in the uncertain light, over the rough...ascertain whether the tide had not fallen sufficiently fur to yield us a passage; but we found the waves chafing among the rocks just where the tide-line... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 346 pages
...wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose, red as a mass of heated iron, out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light, over the rough,...our situation at length crossed my mind. It was not 1 Oor'ru gat ed, formed or shaped s Ban'dit, a lawless or desperate into folds ; wrinkled. fellow ;... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose, red as a mass of heated iron, out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light, over the rough,...ide'a of the real nature of our situation at length cr6ssed my mind. It was not imprisonment for a tide to which we had consigned ourselves : it was imprisonment... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - 1877 - 350 pages
...wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose, red as a mass of heated iron, out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light, over the rough,...ide'a of the real nature of our situation at length crdssed my mind. It was not 1 Por tent/oils ly, ominously ; in a manner to foreshadow ill. imprisonment... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - 1877 - 346 pages
...wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose, red as a mass of heated iron, out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light, over the rough,...ide'a of the real nature of our situation at length cr6ssed my mind. It was not 1 Por tSnt'otis ly, ominously ; in a manner to foreshadow ill. imprisonment... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1880 - 352 pages
...whether the tide had not fallen sufficiently far to yield us a passage ; but we found the waves dhafing among the rocks, just where the tide-line had rested...nature of our situation at length crossed my mind. It wa§ not 1 CSr'ru gat ed, formed or shaped 2 Ban'dit, a lawless or desperate into folds ; wrinkled.... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1880 - 352 pages
...wind fell, and the moon, in her last quarter, rose, red as a mass of heated iron, out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light, over the rough,...far to yield us a passage ; but we found the waves dhafing among the rocks, just where the tide-line had rested twelve hours before, and a full fathom... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1884 - 248 pages
...the wind fell, and the moon in her last quarter rose red as a mass of heated iron out of the sea. We crept down in the uncertain light, over the rough...fathom of sea enclasping the base of the promontory. 8. A glimmering idea of the real nature of our situation at length crossed my mind. It was not imprisonment... | |
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