 The sea, the atmosphere, the light, bore each an orchestral part in this universal lull. Moonlight, and the first timid tremblings of the dawn, were by this time blending ; and the blendings were brought into a still more exquisite state of unity by a...  The Madras University Calendar - Page cxxxiiby University of Madras - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Thomas De Quincey - Literary Collections - 1851 - 284 pages
...orchestral part in this universal lull. Moonlight, in the first timid tremblings of the dawn, were now blending: and the blendings were brought into a still more exquisite state of unity, by a slight silvery mist, motionless and dreamy, that covered the woods and fields, but with a veil of equable... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 404 pages
...Obliquely upon our left we were nearing the sea, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose....tremblings of the dawn, were by this time blending; and the blendiugs were brought into a still more exquisite state of unity by a slight silvery mist, motionless... | |
 | 1854 - 616 pages
...circumstnncs, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose. The sea, the atmosphere, the light, bore an orchestral part in this universal lull. Moonlight and the first timid tremblings of the dawn were now blending ; and the blendings were brought into a still more exquisite state of unity by a slight... | |
 | 1854 - 542 pages
...'Obliquely we were nearing the sea upon our left, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose. The sea, the atmosphere, the light, bore an orchestral part in this universal lull. Moonlight and the first timid tremblings of the dawn were... | |
 | Peter Bayne - Authors, English - 1860 - 432 pages
...Obliquely we were nearing the sea upon our left, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose. The sea, the atmosphere, the light, bore an orchestral part in this universal lull. Moonlight and the first timid tremblings of the dawn were... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1862 - 454 pages
...Obliquely upon our left we were nearing the sea, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose....a still more exquisite state of unity by a slight silvery mist, motionless and dreamy, that covered the woods and fields, but with a veil of equable... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 380 pages
...Obliquely upon our left we were nearing the sea, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose....a still more exquisite state of unity by a slight silvery mist, motionless and dreamy, that covered the woods and fields, but with a veil of equable... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - English literature - 1862 - 382 pages
...Obliquely upon our left we were nearing the sea, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose....a still more exquisite state of unity by a slight silvery mist, motionless and dreamy, that covered the woods and fields, but with a veil of equable... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1865 - 320 pages
...Obliquely upon our left we were nearing the sea, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose....of the dawn, were by this time blending ; and the blendinga were brought into a still more exquisite state of unity by a slight silvery mist, motionless... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - English essays - 1873 - 596 pages
...Obliquely upon our left we were nearing the sea, which also must, under the present circumstances, be repeating the general state of halcyon repose....were brought into a still more exquisite state of unit}' by a slight silvery mist, motionless and dreamy, that covered the woods and fields, but with... | |
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