 From that time until the moment of arrival, it was all feverish excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian giants along the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ; the Welsh mountains, towering into the clouds...  The Suffolk literary chronicle - Page 1801838Full view - About this book
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian gi.-ints along the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ; the Welsh mountains,...neat cottages, with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian giants along the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ; the Welsh mountains,...telescope. My eye dwelt with delight on neat cottages, with VOL. i. c their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1821 - 320 pages
...excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian giants along the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel; the Welsh mountains,...neat cottages, with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1821 - 354 pages
...excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian giants along the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ;> the Welsh mountains,...neat cottages, with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...excitement. The ships of war that prowled like guardian giants round the coast ; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ; the Welsh mountains,...neat cottages, with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruins of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...excitement. The ships of war that prowled like guardian giants round the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel; the Welsh mountains,...shrubberies and green grass-plots. I saw the mouldering ruins of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian giants along the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel; the Welsh mountains,...neat cottages, with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian giants along the coast; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ; the Welsh mountains,...were objects of intense interest* As we sailed up thr .Mersey, 1 reconnoitred the shores with a telescope. My eye dwelt with delight on neat cottage«,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...excitement. The ships of war, that prowled like guardian giants along the coast ; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ; the Welsh mountains,...neat cottages, with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...excitement. The ships of war that prowled like guardian giants round the coast ; the headlands of Ireland, stretching out into the channel ; the Welsh mountains,...neat cottages, with their trim shrubberies and green grass plots. I saw the mouldering ruins of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village... | |
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