 ... stone, stood glimmering in the moonlight, like the sheeted spectre of some huge giant. A wilder, or more disconsolate dwelling, it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing against the rocky...  The Eclectic Review - Side 437redigeret af - 1819Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1819 - 544 sider
...giant. A wilder, or more disconsolate dwelling, it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...about this forlorn abode, excepting that one, and only one, of the narrow and staunchelled windows which appeared at irregular heights and distances... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1819 - 350 sider
...giant. A wilder, or more disconsolate dwelling, it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...about this forlorn abode, excepting that one, and only one, of the narrow and staunchelied windows which appeared at irregular heights and distances... | |
 | 1819 - 532 sider
...giant. A wilder, or more disconsolate dwelling, it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...symbol of unvaried and monotonous melancholy, not unminglecl with horror. Although the night was not far advanced, there was no sign of living inhabitant... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 352 sider
...giant. A wilder, or more disconsolate dwelling, it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...ear what the landscape was to the eye— a symbol ef unvaried and monotonous melancholy, not unmingled with horror. Although the night was not far advanced,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 268 sider
...perhaps difficult to conceive.. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively (lashing against the rocky beach at a profound distance beneath, was to the ear what the landscape was to the eye—a symbol of unvaried and monotonous UK lancholy, not unminglcd with horror. Although the night... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 376 sider
...giant. A wilder, or more disconsolate dwelling, it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...about this forlorn abode, excepting that one, and only one, of the narrow and staunchelled windows which appeared at irregular heights and distances... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 sider
...huge giant. A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...there was no sign of living inhabitant about this forVOL. III. D lorn abode, excepting that one, and only one, of the narrow and staunchelled windows,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 sider
...huge giant. A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...there was no sign of living inhabitant about this forVOL. HI. D lorn abode, excepting that one, and only one, of the narrow and staunchelled windows,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 sider
...huge giant. A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...beneath, was to the ear what the landscape was to the eye—a symbol of unvaried and monotonous melancholy, not unmingled with horror. Although the night... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 sider
...giant. A wilder, or more disconsolate dwelling, it was perhaps difficult to conceive. The sombrous and heavy sound of the billows, successively dashing...symbol of unvaried and monotonous melancholy, not unmingjcd with horror. Although the night was not far advanced, there was no sign of living inhabitant... | |
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