 From the time we entered the torrid zone, we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the Southern sky, which, as we advanced towards the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when, on approaching...  A Visit to Australia and Its Gold Regions - Page 10by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1853 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...opened new constellations to their view. " We feel," says Humboldt, writing of himself at this time, " we feel an indescribable sensation when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from our... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...Oroonoko and the Amazons, as some naturalists pretend. From the time we entered the torrid zone, we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern sky, which, as we advanced toward the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1822 - 762 pages
...Oroonoko and the Amazons, as some naturalists pretend. From the time we entered the torrid zone, we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern sky, which, as we advanced toward the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...and interesting traveller, Humboldt, we were never weary of admiring, night after night, the majestic beauty of the southern sky, which, as we advanced towards the south, presented new constellations to our view. We felt an indescribable sensation, when on approaching the... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...his party were never weary with admiring every night the beauty of the southern sky, which, says he, as we advanced towards the south, opened new constellations...our view. " We feel an indescribable sensation when approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...extract is from Humboldt's Personal Narrative:— "From the time we entered the torrid zone, we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern sky, which, as we advanced the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when, on approaching... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...his party were never weary with admiring every night the beauty of the southern sky, which, says he, as we advanced towards the south, opened new constellations...when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars which we have contemplated from our... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 720 pages
...zone," he remarks, while describing the phenomena of the southern hemisphere, " we were never wearied in admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern...to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation," he exclaims, " when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1829 - 202 pages
...extract is from Humboldt's Personal Narrative : — " From the time we entered the torrid zone, we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern sky, which, as we advanced the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when, on approaching... | |
 | English essays - 1829 - 712 pages
...zone," he remarks, while describing the phenomena of the southern hemisphere, " we were never wearied in admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern sky, which, as we auvanced towards the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation,"... | |
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