| 1835 - 466 页
...fabled mountain of Sinbad, that it even was a mountain of iron, or a magnet as large as Mont Blanc. But Nature had here erected no monument to denote the...as the centre of one of her great and dark powers ; and where we could do little ourselves towards this end, it was our business to submit, and to be... | |
| 1835 - 612 页
...fabled mountain of Sinbad, that it even was a mountain of iron, or a magnet as large as Mont Blanc. But nature had here erected no monument to denote the...as the centre of one of her great and dark powers; and where we could do little ourselves towards this end, it wa* our business to submit, and to be content... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 页
...fabled mountain of Sinbad, that it even was a mountain of iron, or a magnet as large as Mont Blanc. But nature had here erected no monument to denote the...as the centre of one of her great and dark powers ; and where we could do little ourselves towards this end, it was our business to submit, and to be... | |
| John Ross, James Clark Ross - 1835 - 528 页
...Sinbad, that it even was a mountain of iron, or a magnet as large as Mont Blanc. But Nature had here i erected no monument to denote the spot which she had...as the centre of one of her great and dark powers ; and where we could do little ourselves towards this end, it was our business to submit, and to be... | |
| 1840 - 572 页
...mountain of iron, or a magnet as big as Mont Blane. But Nature had erected no monument to denote the spot she had chosen as the centre of one of her great and dark powers." The widest part of the peninsula of Boothia is ascertained to be but fifteen miles wide, of which ten arc... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 页
...discoverer was natural, that a place so important had possessed more of mark or note, but Nature had erected no monument to denote the spot which she had...the centre of one of her " great and dark powers." A cairn of some magnitude was constructed by the adventurers, upon which the British flag was planted,... | |
| 1850 - 762 页
...He looked in vain for some objjct to mark the spot. " Nature had here erected no monument to donóte the spot which she had chosen as the centre of one of her 'great and dark powers " Commander Ross erected a pile of stones and returned to the ship. The summer of 1831 now arrived,... | |
| 1851 - 496 页
...mountain of Sinbad, — that it even was a mountain of iron, or a magnet as large as Mont Blanc. But nature had here erected no monument to denote the spot which she has chosen as the centre of one of her great und dark powers; and where we could do little ourselves... | |
| Jabez Hogg - 1853 - 390 页
...fabled mountain of Sinbad, that it was even a mountain of iron, or a magnet as large as Mont Blanc. But Nature had here erected no monument to denote the...the centre of one of her great and dark powers " The necessary observations were immediately commenced The place of the observatory was as near to the magnetic... | |
| Frank Boott Goodrich - 1858 - 614 页
...mountain of Sinbad. — that it even was a mountain of iron or a magnet as large as Mont Blanc. But Nature had here erected no monument to denote the...spot which she had chosen as the centre of one of her greatest powers. " As soon as I had satisfied my own mind, I made known to the party the gratifying... | |
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