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Winter in the Arctic regions. By C. Tomlinson. With an intr. notice on the ... - Page 141
by Charles Tomlinson - 1860
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 91, Part 1

1821 - 712 pages
...to this part of the prospect; and the snund of voicei, which during the cold weather could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...reigned around us; a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the death-like...
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 5

1821 - 476 pages
...this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...far different from that peaceable composure which characterises the landscape of a cultivated country; it was the deathlike stillness of the most dreary...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 10

1821 - 488 pages
...this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...relief to the eye or amusement to the mind, that a --tone of more than usual size appearing above the snow, in the direction in which we were going, immediately...
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Travels in North America, from Modern Writers: With Remarks and Observations ...

William Bingley - 1821 - 374 pages
...much greater distance than usual, served, now and then, to break the silence which reigned around,— a silence far different from that peaceable composure...death-like stillness of the most dreary desolation, the total absence of animated existence. The weather became intensely severe; and, during the latter...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 4

1822 - 520 pages
...to this part of the prospect; and the sound of voices which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...far different from that peaceable composure, which characterises the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the death-like stillness of the most dreary...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1823 - 400 pages
...to this part of the prospect; and the sound of voices which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the deathlike stilness of the most dreary desolation, and the total absence of animated existence. Such, indeed,...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 14

Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pages
...this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the death-like...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 14

Walter Scott - 1823 - 786 pages
...this part of the prospect ; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...reigned around us, — a silence far different from that peaceful composure which characterizes the landscape of a cultivated country ; it was the death-like...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 17

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...this part of the prospect; and the sound of voices, which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...the silence which reigned around us, — a silence fer different from that peaceable composure which characterises the landscape of a cultivated country...
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(The Edinburgh cabinet library) [ed. by D. Lardner].

Edinburgh cabinet library - 1830 - 456 pages
...utter and oblivious ruin.* • " The sound of voices which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual, served now...desolation, and the total absence of animated existence." PARRY. During the winter at Melville Island, people were At length the sun reappears above the horizon...
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