 | 1846 - 316 sider
...appear less remote than they really are. The atmosphere was remarkably clear ana serene ; but we saw none of those clouds of smoke which, by some writers, are said to exhale from the surface of the lake Asphnltites, nor from any neighbouring mountain. Every thing about it was, in the highest... | |
 | 1855 - 668 sider
...through fear of its pernicious effects." * — Pocock, vol. ii. pp. 37, 38., 1733, 1740. 5. " Everything about it was in the highest degree grand and awful. Its desolate, though majestic features, are well suited to the tales told about it."*— Clarke's Visit to the Holy... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1856 - 780 sider
...memoir by Dr. A. Lee in the American Biblical Repertory, vol. iii. (NS) pp. 335—352. VOL. III. E features are well suited to the tales related concerning...of the country, who all speak of it with terror." ' The depth of this sea varies in different parts. M. Cornille, who advanced upwards of fifty paces... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1872 - 776 sider
...memoir by Dr. A. Lee in the American Biblical Repository, vol. iii. (NS) pp. 335—352. VOL. III. E features are well suited to the tales related concerning...inhabitants of the country, who all speak of it with terror."1 The depth of this sea varies -in different parts. M. Cornille, who advanced upwards of fifty... | |
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The atmosphere was remarkably clear and serene; but we saw none of those clouds of smoke which by some writers are said to exhale from the surface of Lake Asphaltites, nor from any neighbouring mountain. 
