 I seemed to be standing in the presence and before the throne of the eternal God ; and while all other voices were hushed, His alone spake. I was ten thousand feet above the sea, in a vast solitude untrodden by the foot of man or beast ; amidst a silence...  Hawaii and Its Volcanoes - Seite 88von Charles Henry Hitchcock - 1909 - 314 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1852 - 456 Seiten
...brightness, almost deafened by the clangor of this fearful trumpet, and almost petrified by the terrific scene. The heat was so intense that the crater could not be approached within forty or fifty yards from the windward side ; and probably it would not have been safe to go within two miles of it from... | |
 | 1852 - 498 Seiten
...brightness, almost deafened by the clangor of this fearful trumpet, and almost petrified by the terrific scene. The heat was so intense that the crater could not be approached within forty or fifty yards from the windward side ; and probably it would not have been safe to go within two miles of it from... | |
 | William Tufts Brigham - 1868 - 144 Seiten
...above the sea, in a vast solitude untrodden by the foot of man or beast ; amidst a silence unbroken by any living voice, and surrounded by scenes of terrific...before stated, commenced on the very summit of the mountain, but it would seem that the lateral pressure of the embowelled lava was so great as to force... | |
 | 1871 - 690 Seiten
...above the sea, in a vast solitude untrodden by the foot of man or beast, amidst a silence unbroken by any living voice, and surrounded by scenes of terrific...clangor, almost petrified with the awful scene The fountain of fusion was elevated some two or three thousand feet above this lateral crater where I stood,... | |
 | Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - 1883 - 332 Seiten
...above the sea, in a vast solitude untrodden by the foot of man or beast, amidst a silence unbroken by any living voice, and surrounded by scenes of terrific...insufferable brightness, almost deafened with the startling clangour. .... The fountain of fusion was situated 2000 or 3000 feet above this lateral crater where... | |
 | Samuel Kneeland - 1888 - 234 Seiten
...above the sea, in a vast solitude, untrodden by the foot of man or beast; amidst a silence unbroken by any living voice, and surrounded by scenes of terrific...blinded by the insufferable brightness ; almost deafened by the startling clangor ; almost petrified with the awful scene. The heat was so intense that the... | |
 | William Tufts Brigham - 1909 - 302 Seiten
...above the sea, in a vast solitude untrodden by the foot of man or beast; amidst a silence unbroken by any living voice, and surrounded by scenes of terrific...blinded by the insufferable brightness ; almost deafened by the startling clangor; almost petrified with the awful scene. The heat was so intense that the crater... | |
 | William Alanson Bryan - 1915 - 610 Seiten
...and surrounded by scenes of terrific desolation. Here I stood — almost blinded by the unsufferable brightness; almost deafened with the startling clangor;...before stated, commenced on the very summit of the mountain,14 but it would seem that the lateral pressure of the emboweled lava was so great as to force... | |
 | William Alanson Bryan - 1915 - 612 Seiten
...above the sea, in a vast solitude untrodden by the foot of man or beast; amidst a silence unbroken by any living voice, and surrounded by scenes of terrific...desolation. Here I stood — almost blinded by the unsuft'erable brightness ; almost deafened with the startling clangor; almost petrified with the awful... | |
 | Orramel Hinckley Gulick, Ann Eliza Clark Gulick ("Mrs. Orramel Hinckley Gulick, ") - 1918 - 414 Seiten
...with the clamor and roar of this fearful trumpet, and almost terrified with the awful and terrible scene. The heat was so intense that the crater could not be approached within forty or fifty yards from the windward side and probably not within two miles from the leeward side. The eruption, as before... | |
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