 | Matthew Henry Barker - 1844 - Страниц: 1090
...West Indies, and the Sugar Loaf, at St. Helena, are far more deserving of the name. But to proceed. To the westward, in the distance, are innumerable...sublimely grand, climbing up into the very heavens; whilst, on the Braganzas opposite, rise others not less stupendous, mantled with gigantic trees down... | |
 | Sea stories - 1862 - Страниц: 424
...or snow Of human cruelty, and crime, and woe." MAGNIFICENT, truly magnificent, is the harbour of Kio de Janeiro ; and, perhaps, there is not more splendid...to the water's edge, and broken occasionally at the base by small bays of silvery sand, that glisten and sparkle in the bright rays of the sun, delightfully... | |
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Janeiro ; and, perhaps, there is not more splendid panoramic scenery in the whole world than is presented to the eye from the place of anchorage between the city of St. Sebastian on the south, and the pretty island of Braganza on the north. The entrance... 