 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 страници
...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." With all... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 392 страници
...and successful in his dreams. The manner in which his ardent imagination and mercurial nature were controlled by a powerful judgment, and directed by...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise <rf traversing a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and of deciphering the mystery of his... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 страници
...which they could not perceive when pointed out. To his intellectual vision it was given to read, in the signs of the times, and to trace, in the conjectures...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." With all... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 страници
...20 plough a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of his time." 15 indications of an unknown world, as soothsayers were...he 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.... | |
 | Caleb Cushing - 1833 - 326 страници
...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 - 1838 - 316 страници
...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,...he 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.'... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 страници
...intellectual vision it was given, to read in the signs of the times, and the reveries of past ages, the 15 indications of an unknown world, as soothsayers were...he 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.'... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 страници
...pointed out. To his intellectual vision it was given, to read in the signs of the times, and in the reveries of past ages, the indications of an unknown...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise to plough a sea which had given rise to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of his time." With... | |
 | Conway Robinson, Virginia Historical Society - 1848 - 590 страници
...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,'...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.'* "With all... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 страници
...it was given, to read in the signs of the times, and the reveries of past ages, the indi15 cations of an unknown world, as soothsayers were said to read...he lived. For him was reserved the great enterprise to plough a sea which 20 had given rise to so many fables, and to decipher the mystery of his time.'... | |
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... 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... 
