 From the mountains on every side rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom Nature has taught to dip the wing in water.  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale - Seite 11von Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 184 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Wilkins - 1826 - 466 Seiten
...in a southerly direction, he catches the sight of an extensive lake, hemmed in by undulating hills, and " frequented by every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing in water :" while in the distance, a castle tower raises its head from the bosom of a wood, which struggles... | |
 | George Wilkins - 1826 - 462 Seiten
...in a southerly direction, he catches the sight of an extensive lake, hemmed in by undulating hills, and " frequented by every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing in water :" while in the distance, a castle tower raises its head from the bosom of a wood, which struggles... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1827 - 160 Seiten
...could open o shut them. From the mountain! on every side rivulets de scended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the...which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the nothera side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 128 Seiten
...open or shut them. From the mountains on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, «ud frequented by every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 194 Seiten
...open or shut them. From the mountains on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the...superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft offhe mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 416 Seiten
...open or shut them. From the mountains on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the...species, and frequented by every fowl whom nature had taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered... | |
 | Friedrich Heinrich K. freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué - 1849 - 436 Seiten
...open or shut them. From the mountains on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the...on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice, till it was heard no more. The sides of the mountains were covered with... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...open or shut them. From the mountains on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the...fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl which nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream... | |
 | Friedrich Heinrich K. freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué - 1855 - 520 Seiten
...open or shut them. From tht mountain) on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the...fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whoTi nature has taught to dip the wing in water, This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream... | |
 | John Eagles - 1856 - 416 Seiten
...the sombre ^Eolian. " From the mountains on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the...on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice, till it was heard no more. The sides of the mountains were covered with... | |
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