 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1866 - 354 oldal
...across me, when—on the horses stopping to breathe on the summit of a lofty ridge, where all around, as far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but the same unvarying, miserable, heartsinking barrenness, without a trace of human habitation, except... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1867 - 934 oldal
...Mississippi. When they approached its mouth, they were struck with the gloomy magnificence of the sight. As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but reeds which rose five or six feet above the waters in which they bathed their roots. They waved mournfully... | |
 | John Carey Cremony - 1868 - 342 oldal
...white sand. "With much toil several of our number ascended one or two of the highest hillocks, but as far as the eye could reach nothing was to be seen but one unbroken expanse of sand— white, dazzling under the rays of a burning sun, unrelieved by a single... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1868 - 662 oldal
...for the rest of the day. Looking towards the sea, which washes the foot of the mountain on the west, as far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but the blue sky above and an unbounded cloud-plain a thousand feet below, billowy, apparently motionless,... | |
 | Émile Erckmann - 1871 - 304 oldal
...glance around at the surrounding heights. To the right of the glen no object of the kind was visible ; as far as the eye could reach nothing was to be seen but a succession of peaks and valleys, wooded crests, and deep ravines, heaped together in inextricable... | |
 | Horace William Wheelwright - 1871 - 444 oldal
...had reached the highest peak of the fells we stood, perhaps, 5,000 feet above the level of Quickiock. Far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but a wide expanse of fells of different shapes and sizes shelving out on all sides, the snow-fells towering... | |
 | Horace William Wheelwright - 1871 - 456 oldal
...had reached the highest peak of the fells we stood, perhaps, 5,000 feet above the level of Quickiock. Far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but a wide expanse of fells of different shapes and sizes shelving out on all sides, the snow-fells towering... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1872 - 392 oldal
...covered with a smooth solid surface of snow, the ice-covered runners of the sledges glided with ease. As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but one unvaried surface of snow, which produced a peculiar impression on the mind, so that a heap of drift-wood... | |
 | 1873 - 862 oldal
...apiece. When we reached the Corso, the sight was truly beautiful. Along the whole length of the streets, as far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but myriads of dancing lights, looking like a very galaxy of stars. These were not carried merely by the... | |
 | Jules Verne - 1875 - 384 oldal
...middle of the. Belcher Channel. There was scarcely an inch depth of water now under her keel; and, far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but ice-fields. Fortunately, it was possible to get a few minutes farther north yet, by breaking the young... | |
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As we stood on its banks, as far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but water; no means of crossing was to be found. 
