... isles, or reflecting the wood-clad mountains on its margin, clothed in all the variegated hues of autumn ; and there glittering with dazzling brilliancy in the bright rays of the evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow... INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA - Page 59by J. DISTURNELI - 1867Full view - About this book
| Robert Michael Ballantyne - Canada - 1848 - 366 pages
...rays of the evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild-fowl chatter, as they feed, with varied cry,...disturbing, the solemn stillness of the scene : all tends to " raise the soul from nature up to nature's God," and reminds one of the beautiful passage... | |
| Robert Michael Ballantyne - History - 1848 - 364 pages
...and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild-fowl chatter, as they feed, with varied fry, rendering more apparent, rather than disturbing, the solemn stillness of the scene : all tends to " raise the soul from nature up to nature's God," and reminds one of the beautiful passage... | |
| John Ryerson - Hudson Bay - 1855 - 244 pages
...evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild fowl chatter as they feed with varied cry, rendering more...how marvellous are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches.' " This afternoon, an Indian in a canoe with his wife... | |
| Kinahan Cornwallis - British Columbia - 1858 - 456 pages
...evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild fowl chatter as they feed, with varied cry, rendering more...than disturbing, the solemn stillness of the scene. This region is still rich in fur-bearing animals, especially beavers and martens, owing to their finding... | |
| Great Lakes (North America) - 1863 - 230 pages
...evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild fowl chatter as they feed with varied cry, rendering more...how marvellous are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all ; the earth is full of thy riches.' " — Ballantyne. The WINNIPEG RIVER, the outlet... | |
| JOHN DISTURNELL - 1866 - 100 pages
...evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild fowl chatter as they feed with varied cry, rendering more...how marvellous are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.' " —Sallantyne. temperature of the atmosphere hi... | |
| America - 1867 - 356 pages
...Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay. " There is nothing, I think," says Ballantyne, " better calcu' lated to awaken the more solemn feelings of our nature than...nature's God, and remind one of the beautiful passage 01 Scripture, ' O Lord, how marvellous are thy works : in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth... | |
| Canada - 1874 - 352 pages
...evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild fowl chatter as they feed with varied cry, rendering more...how marvellous are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.' " — Ballantyne. The WINNIPEG RIVEB, the outlet of... | |
| History - 1874 - 254 pages
...evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rushes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild fowl chatter as they feed with varied cry, rendering more...how marvellous are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.' " — BaUantyne. The WINNIPEO RIVEB, the outlet of... | |
| Robert Michael Ballantyne - Canada - 1879 - 374 pages
...rays of the evening sun, or rippling among the reeds and rashes of some shallow bay, where hundreds of wild-fowl chatter, as they feed, with varied cry,...disturbing, the solemn stillness of the scene : all tends to " raise the soul from nature up to nature's God," and reminds one of the beautiful passage... | |
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