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" ... frequented by every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice... "
The Elements of English Composition: Serving as a Sequel to the Study of Grammar - Page 294
by David Irving - 1821 - 318 pages
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The History of Rasselas. And Elizabeth

Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 pages
...its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice...animals that bite the grass or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered in this extensive circuit, secured from beasts of prey by the mountains which...
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The Literary Reader: Typical Selections from the Best British and American ...

George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 pages
...its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice...that bite the grass, or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered in this exteusive circuit, secured from beasts of prey by the mountains which...
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The Literary Reader: Typical Selections Form Some of the Best British and ...

George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice...that bite the grass, or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered in this extensive circuit, secured from beasts of prey by the mountains which...
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Appletons' School Readers

William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pages
...its superfluities by a stream, which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell, with dreadful noise, from precipice to precipice, till it was heard no more. 4. The sides of the mountains were covered with trees. The banks of the brooks were diversified with...
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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...its superfluities by a stream, which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice...that bite the grass, or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered in this extensive circuit, secured from beasts of prey by the mountains which...
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English Lessons, for Schoolroom Use

Kathleen Knox - 1882 - 156 pages
...its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice...that bite the grass, or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered in this extensive circuit, secured from beasts of prey by the mountains which...
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The History of the Caliph Vathek

William Beckford - 1883 - 452 pages
...its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice...spices from the rocks, and every month dropped fruits from the ground. All animals that bite the grass, or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered...
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The history of the caliph Vathek, by W. Beckford [tr. by S. Henley]. Also ...

William Beckford - 1883 - 454 pages
...its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice...spices from the rocks, and every month dropped fruits from the ground. All animals that bite the grass, or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered...
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The History of the Caliph Vathek

William Beckford - 1883 - 446 pages
...diversified with flowers ; every blast shook spices from the rocks, and every month dropped fruits from the ground. All animals that bite the grass, or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered in this extensive circuit, secured from beasts of prey by the mountains which...
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How to Write for the Press: A Compilation of the Best Authorities ...

George Arthur Gaskell - 1884 - 164 pages
...punctuation. Which is the better form is a question of style. Take another example : The sides of the mountain were covered with trees ; the banks of the brooks...; and every month dropped fruits upon the ground. There is here an advantage in putting these four statements together, instead of making four separate...
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