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" ... indeed, without bestowing much time and study on this spot, is it possible to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being broken and grouped in... "
The book of the world - Página 65
por Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852
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The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, Containing ..., Volumen4

John Macculloch - 1824 - 496 páginas
...to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within, are columnar throughout; the columns being...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires...
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Outlines of Geology

William Thomas Brande - 1829 - 266 páginas
...regularity throughout, its sides being columnar, and, in many places, broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, and producing a picturesque effect, which no regularity could possibly have given....
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No. 1- no. 50

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 820 páginas
...above the water at mean tide, the pillar on one side being 36 feet high, and that on the other 18. The depth of the recess is 227 feet, and the breadth at...ways, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tint*, mixed with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses. As the sea never ebbs entirely out,...
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Chambers's Information for the People, Volumen1

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 828 páginas
...tide, the pillar on one side being 36 feet high, and that on the other 18. The depth of the recess ia 227 feet, and the breadth at the inner termination...throughout ; the columns being broken and grouped in many dînèrent ways, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with secondary shadows...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ..., Volumen15

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 páginas
...all the views of it hitherto published. The columns are frequently broken, and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, that produce a picturesque effect which no regularity could have given. The ceiling...
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Staffa and Iona described and illustrated

Staffa - 1850 - 186 páginas
...all the views of it hitherto published. The columns are frequently broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, that produce a picturesque effect which no regularity could have . given. The ceiling...
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General Treatise on Geography

Alexander F. Foster - 1852 - 398 páginas
...(Musical Cave), is 66 feet high at mean tide, and 42 wide at the entrance. It is 227 feet long, and the sides within are columnar throughout, the columns...with secondary shadows, and deep, invisible recesses. The sea never ebbs entirely out ; and the name of the ' Musical Cave ' has probably arisen from the...
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Treasury of nature, science, and art, ed. by W. Anderson

Treasury - 1853 - 276 páginas
...to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires...
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Ebb and flow: the curiosities of the sea-shore

Robert William Fraser - 1860 - 332 páginas
...to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires...
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ..., Volumen1

William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1865 - 978 páginas
...regularity throughout, its sides being columnar, and in many places broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, and producing a picturesque effect which no regularity could have conferred. The...
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