... reveries of past ages, the indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul," observes a Spanish writer, " was superior to the age in which... American Quarterly Review - Page 170edited by - 1828Full view - About this book
| Washington Irving - America - 1828 - 534 pages
...indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. « His soul,...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing that sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 538 pages
...indications of an unknown world; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretel events from the visions of the night. " His soul,"...in which he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprize to plough a sea which had given rise 'to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of... | |
| Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1829 - 346 pages
...foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul," observes a '-panish writer, " was superioi to the age in which he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his age."... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...indications of an unknown world; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul,"...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise of traversing a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his time."... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...indications of an unknown world, as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. ' His soul,'...lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise to " With all the visionary fervor of his imagination, its fondest dreams fell short of the reality. He... | |
| Caleb Cushing - Spain - 1833 - 326 pages
...indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretel events from the visions of the night. 'His soul,'...in which he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprize to plough a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of his... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions'of the night. ' His soul,' observes a Spanish writer,...lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise to 20 plough a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of his time.' "With... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...indications of an unknown world, as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. ' His soul,'...lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise to 80 plough a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of his time.' "... | |
| North Ludlow Beamish - America - 1841 - 290 pages
...been pushed forward to an eminent position in the period immediately preceding his first voyage.f * " With all the visionary fervour of his imagination, its fondest dreams fell short of reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath, he entertained... | |
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