 | William Hickling Prescott - 1843 - 480 pages
...And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene; when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance...cities and hamlets on their borders have mouldered into ruins;—even now that desolation broods over the landscape, so indestructible are the lines of beauty... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pages
...and even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene ; when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance...sterility; when the waters have retired, leaving a broad 10 and ghastly margin, white with the incrustation of salts, while the cities and hamlets on their... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 pages
...And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene ; when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance...and ghastly margin white with the incrustation of salta, while the cities and hamleteon their borders have mouldered into ruins ; — even now that desolation... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene, when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance of a tropical sun, is in manyplaces abandoned to sterility; when the waters have retired, leaving a broad and ghastly margin... | |
 | Henry Champion Deming - 1868 - 562 pages
...And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene ; when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance of a tropical sun, is in many cases abandoned to sterility ; when the waters have retired, leaving a broad and ghastly margin, white... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1873 - 510 pages
...Mexico, is 2377 metres—nearly 7500 feet—above the sea. Humboldt, Kssai politique, tom. ii. p. 45. from the fierce radiance of a tropical sun, is in...cities and hamlets on their borders have mouldered into ruins;—even now that desolation broods over the landscape, so indestructible are the lines of beauty... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1873 - 498 pages
...Mexico, is 2Z77 metres — nearly 7500 feet — above the sea. Humboldt, Essai politique, tom. ii. p. 45. from the fierce radiance of a tropical sun, is in...with the incrustation of salts, while the cities and harnlets on their borders have mouldered into ruins; — even now that desolation broods over the landscape,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene ; when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance...while the cities and hamlets on their borders have moldered into ruins ; even now that desolation broods over the landscape, so indestructible are the... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 pages
...And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene ; when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance...with the incrustation of salts, while the cities and hajnlets on their borders have moldered into ruius ; even now that desolation broods over the landscape,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene ; when the stately forests have been laid low, and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance...while the cities and hamlets on their borders have moldered into ruins ; even now that desolation broods over .the landscape, so indestructible are the... | |
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... the valley around, like a rich setting which Nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. Such was the beautiful vision which broke on the eyes of the Conquerors. And even now, when so sad a change has come over the scene ; when the stately forests... 
