 Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware that high above us, a multitude of crags and leaning columns of ice, on the stability of which we could not for an instant calculate, covered the precipitous incline. We were not long without an illustration...  Autumn Holidays of a Man of Business - Page 66by John Ashton (of Manchester.) - 1876 - 113 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1859 - 620 pages
...present themselves in threading the seracs, or castellated masses of glacier ice. Here is one of them: "Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware...situation. We had reached a position where massive ice-cliffs protected us on one side, while in front of us was a space more open than any we had yet... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...present themselves iu threading the séracs, or castellated masses of glacier ice. Here is one of them: " Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware...were not long without an illustration of the peril <M our situation. We had reached a position where massive ice-cliffs protected us on roic side, while... | |
 | 1859 - 826 pages
...themselves in threading the iiracs or castellated masses of glacier ice. Here Í3 one of them : — " Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware...which we could not for an instant calculate, covered tlie precipitous incline. We were not long without an illustration of the peril of our situation. We... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 570 pages
...nevertheless, our inspiration was, that what man has done man may do, and we accordingly persevered. " Looking to the right, I suddenly became aware that high above...situation. We had reached a position where massive ice-cliffs protected us on one side, while in front of us was a space more open than any we had yet... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1859 - 740 pages
...avalanche which Professor Tyndall und his companion, a boy, encountered face to face in the broad day. ' I suddenly became aware that high above us a multitude...for an instant calculate, covered the precipitous decline. We were not long without an illustration of the peril of our situation. We had reached a position... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 562 pages
...would soon cause this to disappear, after which I resolved not to influence his judgment in the least. Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware that, high above us, a multitude of unstable crags and leaning columns of ice covered the precipitous incline. We had reached a position... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 566 pages
...would soon cause this to disappear, after which I resolved not to influence his judgment in the least. Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware that, high above us, a multitude of unstable crags and leaning columns of ice covered the precipitous incline. We had reached a position... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 510 pages
...would soon cause this to disappear, after which I resolved not to influence his judgment in the least. Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware that, high above us, a multitude of unstable crags and leaning columns of ice covered the precipitous incline. We had reached a position... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1872 - 520 pages
...would soon cause this to disappear, after which I resolved not to influence his judgment in the least. Looking now to the right, I suddenly became aware that, high above us, a multitude of unstable crags and leaning columns of ice covered the precipitous incline. We had reached a position... | |
 | Mary Anna Paull - 1882 - 488 pages
...amid ice-pinnacles, crags, and chasms, I suddenly became aware that high above us a multitude of these crags and leaning columns of ice, on the stability...situation. We had reached a position where massive ice-cliffs protected us on one side, while in front of us was a space more open than any we had yet... | |
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