 It seemed as if an enormous giant, or a Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice. There was the broad arch of the forehead, a hundred feet in height; the nose, with its long bridge; and the vast lips, which, if they could have spoken, would...  The Essentials of Language and Grammar - Page 35by Albert Le Roy Bartlett - 1900 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Starr King - 1859 - 438 pages
...; and in his description of the face the writer tells us : " It seemed as if an enormous giant, or Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice....accents from one end of the valley to the other." We must reduce the scale of the charming story-teller's description. The whole profile is about eighty... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 446 pages
...; and in his description of the face the writer tells us : " It seemed as if an enormous giant, or Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice....accents from one end of the valley to the other." We must reduce the scale of the charming story-teller's description. The whole profile is about eighty... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...together in such a position as, when viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resemble the features of eould have spoken, would have rolled their thunder-accents from one end of the val1 From " Tht Stum... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879 - 268 pages
...together in such a position as, when viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resemble the features of the human countenance. It seemed as if an enormous...giant, or a Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on tlie precipice. There was the broad arch of the forehead, a hundred feet in height ; the nose, with... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879 - 638 pages
...at a proper distanee, precisely to resemble the features of the human countenanee. It seemed as it an enormous giant, or a Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice. There was the broad areh of the forchead, a hundred feet in hetght ; the nose, with its long bridge; and the vast lips,... | |
 | 1880 - 444 pages
...together in such a position as, when viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resemble the features of the human countenance. It seemed as if an enormous...forehead, a hundred feet in height ; the nose, with 7ts long bridge; and the vast lips, which, if they could have spoken, would have rolled their thunder... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 pages
...precisely to resemble the features of the human countenance. It seemed as if an enormous giant, or Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice....if they could have spoken, would have rolled their thunder-accents from one end of the valley to the other. True it is, that if the spectator approached... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1889 - 108 pages
...together in such a position as, when viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resemble the features of the human countenance. It seemed as if an enormous...thunder accents from one end of the valley to the other. I True it is, that if the spectator approached too near, he lost the outline of the gigantic risage,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1889 - 94 pages
...together in such a position as, when viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resemble the features of the human countenance. It. seemed as if an enormous...lips, which, if they could have spoken, would have tolled their thunder accents from one end of the valley to the other. True it is, that if the spectator... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1889 - 106 pages
...viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resemble the features of the human countenance. Itseemed as if an enormous giant, or a Titan, had sculptured...lips, which, if they could have spoken, would have tolled their thunder accents from one end of the va ley to the other. True it is, that if the spectator... | |
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