 ... had fed the rank weeds of most of the plain, and furnished a clue to the evidence by which he had judged of the formation of the ground hidden beneath. Here a few minutes were lost in breaking down the tops of the surrounding herbage, which, notwithstanding...  Cooper's Novels - Page 82by James Fenimore Cooper - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Popular literature - 1840 - 480 pages
...by which he had judged of the formation of the ground hidden beneath. Here a few minutes were lost in obtaining a look-out that might command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. like the nimble coruscations of the North, but far more angry and threatening~in their colour and changes.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...down the tops of the surrounding herbage, which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul, and in...command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. . . . The examination which his companions so instantly and so intentlv made, rather served to assure them of... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...down the tops of the surrounding herbage, which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul, and in...command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. . . . The examination which his companions so instantly and so intently made, rather served to assure them of... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 494 pages
...herbage, which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above tho heads of Middloton and Paul, and in obtaining a look-out that might command a view of tho surrounding sea of fire. coruscations of the North, but far more angry and threatening in their... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1860 - 536 pages
...down the tops of the surrounding herbage, which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul, and in...The frightful prospect added nothing to the hopes ol those who had such a fearful stake in the result. Although the day was beginning to dawn, the vivid... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...the tops of the surrounding herbage — which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul — and...command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. The examination which his companions so instantly and so intently made, rather served to assure them of... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...the tops of the surrounding herbage — which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul — and...command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. The examination which his companions so instantly and so intently made, rather served to assure them of... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - Oral reading - 1874 - 336 pages
...the tops of the surrounding herbage — which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul — and...might command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. They saw huge columns of smoke rolling up from the plain, and thickening in gloomy masses around the... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1876 - 508 pages
...down the tops of the surrounding herbage, which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul, and in...prospect added nothing to the hopes of those who had so fearful a stake in the result. Although the day was beginning to dawn, the vivid colors of the sky... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 pages
...the tops of the surrounding herbage — which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul — and...command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. The examination which his companions so instantly and so intently made, rather served to assure them of... | |
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