 | 1830 - Страниц: 492
...West Indies. — Captain Ross's Second Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions. A BRAZILIAN FOREST. THE day has past delightfully. Delight itself, however,...feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has been wandering in a Brazilian forest. Among the multitude of striking objects, the general luxuriance... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1846 - Страниц: 396
...to the nearer parts of the scenery. RAIMA, OR SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29th.— The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term...the glossy green of the foliage, but, above all, the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. A most paratloxical mixture of sound... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - Страниц: 446
...His first experiences of the forests of South America he has thus recorded : — " The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term...the glossy green of the foliage, but, above all, the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. A most paradoxical mixture of sound... | |
 | Francis William Bennett - 1869 - Страниц: 476
...shall I forget the delight of that day's walk. It was my first experience of tropical vegetation, and the elegance of the grasses, .the novelty of the parasitical...the glossy green of the foliage, but, above all, the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. To a person fond of natural history,... | |
 | James Orton - 1870 - Страниц: 378
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed... | |
 | James Orton - 1870 - Страниц: 358
...attractive to one wrho had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed... | |
 | James Orton - 1870 - Страниц: 362
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed... | |
 | James Orton - 1870 - Страниц: 372
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. "'•'Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest£v The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation,... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 232
...them space enough to unfold themselves.' To which we may add Mr. Darwin's testimony : — ' Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist...the glossy green of the foliage, but, above all, the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. A most paradoxical mixture of sound... | |
 | James Orton - 1875 - Страниц: 672
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed... | |
| |
The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants,... 
