 ... at each step more complicated, and the shoals thickening around the mariners on every side. The lead was cast rapidly, and the quick eye of the pilot seemed to pierce the darkness with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent...  The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - Page 58by James Fenimore Cooper - 1824Full view - About this book
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1824 - 924 pages
...keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent to all in the vessel, that VOL. i. F they were under the guidance of one who understood...foam, and where destruction would have been as sudden as it was certain, when the clear voice of the stranger was heard warning them of their danger, and... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...seemed to pierce the darkness, with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was nppa33* rent to all in the vessel, that they were under the guidance...foam, and where destruction would have been as sudden as it was certain, when the clear voice of the stranger was heard warning them of the danger, and inciting... | |
 | Novelist - 1839 - 570 pages
...seemed to pierce the darkness, with a eenness of vision that exceeded human power. It wa» appaent to all in the vessel, that they were under the guidance of )iie who understood the navigation thoroughly, and their exerions kept pnce with their reviving confidence.... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...eye of the pilot seemed to pierce the darkness with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent to all in the vessel, that they were...foam, and where destruction would have been as sudden as it was certain, when the clear voice of the stranger was heard warning them of the danger, and inciting... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 498 pages
...eye of the pilot seemed to pierce the darkness with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent to all in the vessel that they were...foam, and where destruction would have been as sudden as it was certain, when the clear voice of the stranger was heard warning them of the danger, and inciting... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...eye of the pilot seemed to pierce the darkness with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent to all in the vessel, that they were...covered with foam, and where destruction would have been äs sudden äs it was certain, when the clear voice of the stranger was heard warning them of the danger,... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was appm88" COMMON-PLACE BOOK OF PROSE. rent to all in the vessel, that they were under the guidance...Again and again the frigate appeared to be rushing blind!} on shoals, where the sea was covered with foam, and where destruction would have been as sudden... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...eye of the pilot seemed to pierce the darkness with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent to all in the vessel, that they were...foam, and where destruction would have been as sudden as it was certain, when the clear voice of the stranger was heard warning them of the danger, and inciting... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...eye of the pilot seemed to pierce the darkness with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent to all in the vessel, that they were...confidence. Again and again the frigate appeared to bo rusbing blindly on shoals, where the sea was covered with foam, and where destruction would have... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...eye of the pilot seemed to pieree the darkness with a keenness of vision that exceeded human power. It was apparent to all in the vessel, that they were under tho guidance of one who understood the navigation thoroughly, and their exertions kept pace with their... | |
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