Bret Harte 
Twins of Table Mountain [EPUB ebook] 

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pub One.info present you this new edition. A CLOUD ON THE MOUNTAIN. They lived on the verge of a vast stony level, upheaved so far above the surrounding country that its vague outlines, viewed from the nearest valley, seemed a mere cloud-streak resting upon the lesser hills. The rush and roar of the turbulent river that washed its eastern base were lost at that height; the winds that strove with the giant pines that half way climbed its flanks spent their fury below the summit; for, at variance with most meteorological speculation, an eternal calm seemed to invest this serene altitude. The few Alpine flowers seldom thrilled their petals to a passing breeze; rain and snow fell alike perpendicularly, heavily, and monotonously over the granite bowlders scattered along its brown expanse. Although by actual measurement an inconsiderable elevation of the Sierran range, and a mere shoulder of the nearest white-faced peak that glimmered in the west, it seemed to lie so near the quiet, passionless stars, that at night it caught something of their calm remoteness

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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 184 ● ISBN 9782819943815 ● 出版者 Pub One Info ● 发布时间 2010 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2439235 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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