 | John Ruskin - 1874 - 232 str.
...dreadful in the serpent; it is the very omnipotence of the earth. That rivulet of smooth silver—how does it flow, think you ? It literally rows on the...backwards; but all with the same calm will and equal way—no contraction, no extension ; one soundless, causeless, march of sequent rings, and spectral... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1875 - 624 str.
...ridges of its body. Watch it, when it moves slowly : — A wave, but without wind ! a current, hut with no fall ! all the body moving at the same instant,...another, or some forward, and the rest of the coil backward ; but all with the same calm will and equal way — no contraction, no extension ; one soundless,... | |
 | 1880 - 460 str.
...smooth silver : how does it flow ? It literally rows on 5 = the earth, with every scale for an oar. Watch it when it moves slowly ! A wave, but without...another, or some forward, and the rest of the coil backward : but all with the same calm will and equal way : one soundless, ceaseless march of sequent... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1883 - 230 str.
...scale for an oar; it bites the dust with the ridges of its body. Watch it, when it moves slowly:—A wave, but without wind! a current, but with no fall...backwards; but all with the same calm will and equal way—no contraction, no extension ; one soundless, causeless march of sequent rings, and spectral... | |
 | 1894 - 790 str.
...scale for an oar; it bites the dust with the ridges of its body. Watch it, when it moves slowly:—a wave, but without wind ! a current, but with no fall!...backwards; but all with the same calm will and equal wayCo contraction, no extension ; one soundless, causeless march of sequent rings, and spectral procession... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1903 - 314 str.
...it bites the dust with the ridges of its body. Watch it when it moves slowly : a wave, but without a wind! a current, but with no fall! all the body moving...backwards ; but all with the same calm will and equal way—no contraction, no extension; one soundless, causeless march of sequent rings, and spectral procession... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1903 - 314 str.
...the dust with the ridges of its body. Watch it when it moves slowly : a wave, but without a wind I a current, but with no fall! all the body moving at...backwards ; but all with the same calm will and equal way—no contraction, no extension; one soundless, causeless march of sequent rings, and spectral procession... | |
 | John Howard Whitehouse, Richard Warwick Bond, John Bryan Booth - 1903 - 378 str.
...strength of the base element that is so dreadful in the serpent; it is the very omnipotence of the earth. That rivulet of smooth silver — how does it flow,...— no contraction, no extension ; one soundless, ceaseless march of sequent rings, and spectral procession of spotted dust, with dissolution in its... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1917 - 504 str.
...by artificial conditions. Think not meanly of the serpent, "it is the very omnipotence of the earth. That rivulet of smooth silver — how does it flow,...backwards ; but all with the same calm will and equal wayno contraction, no extension ; one soundless, causeless march of sequent rings, and spectral procession... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1917 - 520 str.
...rows- on the earth with every scale for an oar ; it bites the dust with the ridges of its body. Wateh it when it moves slowly — a wave, but without wind...contraction, no extension ; one soundless, causeless mareh of sequent rings, and spectral procession of spotted dust, with dissolution in its fangs, dislocation... | |
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That rivulet of smooth silver — how does it flow, think you ? It literally rows on the earth, with every scale for an oar; it bites the dust with the ridges of its body. Watch it, when it moves slowly : — A wave, but without wind... 
