While sailing a little south of the Plata on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and every part of the surface, which during the day is seen as foam, now glowed with a pale light.... Charles Darwin, His Life and Work - Стр. 70авторы: Charles Frederick Holder - 1891 - Страниц: 295Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - Страниц: 584
...south of the Plata on one very dark night," says Mr. Darwin, " the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze ; and...milky train. As far as the eye reached, the crest of everj' wave was bright ; and the sky above the horizon, from the reflected glare of these livid flames,... | |
| 1852 - Страниц: 860
...south of the Plata on one very dark night,' says Mr Darwin, ' the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze ; and every part of the surface, which during the tiny is seen *» foam, now glowed with a pale light. The vessel drove before her bows two billows of... | |
| David M. Warren - 1863 - Страниц: 116
...sailing a little south of the La Plata, on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and...glowed with a pale light. The vessel drove before her bow two billows of liquid phosphorus, and in her wake she was followed by a milky train. As far as... | |
| John Brocklesby - 1868 - Страниц: 176
...river La Plata, on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. The vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid...she was followed by a milky train. As far as the eye could reach, the crest of every wave was bright, the reflected light of which illumined the horizon."... | |
| David M. Warren, Adolph Steinwehr - 1869 - Страниц: 128
...sailing a little south of the La Plata, on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and...glowed with a pale light. The vessel drove before her bow two billows of liquid phosphorus, and in her wake she was followed by a milky train. As far as... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1872 - Страниц: 684
...' sailing a little south of the Plata, on a very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and...vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid phosphorous, and in her wake she was followed by a milky train. As far as the eye reached, the crest... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1876 - Страниц: 818
...sailing a little south of the Plata, on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and every part of the surface, which during tho day is seen as foam, now glowed with a pale light. The vessel drove before her bows two billows... | |
| John Davis - 1880 - Страниц: 514
...sailing a little south of the Plata, on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and...a pale light. The vessel drove before her bows two billowa of liquid phosphorus, arid in her wake she was followed by a milky train. As far as the eye... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1889 - Страниц: 742
...sailing a little south of the Plata on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and...phosphorus, and in her wake she was followed by a miiky train. As far as the eye reached, the crest of every wave was bright, and the sky above the horizon,... | |
| Edwin J Walter - 1889 - Страниц: 352
...sailing a little south of the Plata on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and...light. The vessel drove before her bows two billows like liquid phosphorus, and in her wake she was followed by a milky train. As far as the eye reached... | |
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