 A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place a long slanting mark lay sparkling upon the water; in another the...  National Waterways - Page 1401912Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1907 - 848 pages
...while l lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river. l still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which i witnessed when steam-boating was new to me. . . . But, as i have said, a day came when l began to cease Blackwood'a Magazine. from noting the glories... | |
 | 1875 - 782 pages
...while l lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river! I still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place... | |
 | John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 496 pages
...while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river ! 1 still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...turned to blood ; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log cume floating, black and conspicuous ; in one place... | |
 | John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river ! I still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...turned to blood ; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous ; in one place... | |
 | John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 528 pages
...while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river ! I still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...me. A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood ; iil the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1897 - 504 pages
...me while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river! I still kept in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place... | |
 | Robert Ford - American literature - 1897 - 340 pages
...lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river ! I still keep in my mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...was turned to blood ; in the middle distance the red line brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous ; in one... | |
 | Mark Twain - Mississippi River - 1899 - 496 pages
...while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry, had gone out of the majestic river ! I still kept in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...turned to blood ; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous ; one place... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1901 - 506 pages
...while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry, had gone out of the majestic river ! I still kept in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...turned to blood ; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place... | |
 | Mark Twain - American fiction - 1903 - 491 pages
...while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry, had gone out of the majestic river ! I still kept in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed...turned to blood ; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place... | |
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