Over the island, and raggedly clasping its sides, hung a cloud, the only one visible in the sky.

And the movement of the shadows was visible to mea stealthy, writhing creep of the shadows of the wind-stirred trees.

The principal mountains visible from the land here were those already mentioned, between southeast and east, and a few summits a little west of north, but generally the north and northwest horizon about the St. John and the British boundary was comparatively level.

In general views no mark of man is visible on it, nor anything to suggest the richness of the life it cherishes, or the depth and grandeur of its sculpture.

Indeed, only one of them was visible at this momenta woman, who was reading on a rustic bench some distance from the house, and whose back was turned to him.

The moon's dimensions now rapidly increased; the separate mountains, which formed the ridges and chains on her surface, began to be plainly visible through the telescope; whilst, on the shaded side, several volcanoes appeared upon her disc, like the flashes of our fire-fly, or rather like the twinkling of stars in a frosty night.

Visible for miles, too fair to be believed.

While he fed we could see nothing of him, but when he raised his head to look around him, that alone was visible above the rock.

Some of the cells, which are visible by the microscope, produce four small cells at their free summit, apparently by germination and constriction.

Some hundred prisoners were captured around Braisne, where the Germans had thrown a large amount of field-gun ammunition into the river, where it was visible under two feet of water.

Most people like to look at mountain rivers, and bear them in mind; but few care to look at the winds, though far more beautiful and sublime, and though they become at times about as visible as flowing water.

This phenomenon of the higher objects and mountains being visible over a dense fog on the shore, is frequent on this side of the Atlantic.

"Not if I'm seaman enough to read the compass by what's visible of the sun," returned Midshipman Darrin.

After reaching the top of the wall, which, at this place, is somewhere between 1500 and 2000 feet high, they were still visible against the sky as they lingered, looking down in groups of twos or threes.

"Uncharitable!" "Impudent!" "Unfortunate!" With which retort, Mr. Ralph Ashley pointed to the slipper-less foot, which was visible beneath Miss Fanny's skirt, and laughed.

There is nothing more visible than that] the mind, without the help of any proof, [or reflection on either of these general propositions,] perceives so clearly, and knows so certainly, that the idea of white is the idea of white, and not the idea of blue; and that the idea of white, when it is in the mind, is there, and is not absent; [that the consideration of these axioms can add nothing to the evidence or certainty of its knowledge.]

storms, and there grew visible among the mists a black line of mountains, perpendicular cliffs, and awful precipices, which seemed to bar the way.

Among the miscellaneous crowds that were visible between the divisions of the martial host, there ran a murmur of obloquy and derision against the pure object of public veneration.

But as they followed her and looked into her soulwith their hearts, which were human too, wrung at the sight of hers in its anguishthere suddenly became visible before them a strange sight such as they had never seen before.

The outlines of an International life are becoming clearly visible behind it.

Not another sail appeared across that troubled surface of waters, not even a fisherman's boat, the only other vessel visible along our course being a dim outline close in against that far-away headland toward which I had been instructed to steer.

But the bright turban was seen no more during the forenoon; and throughout the afternoon no one but the Deacon and his gardener were visible about the grounds.

You know that I am never visible until luncheon time.

The course was continued south-south-west towards Mount Hopeless, at the northern extreme of the high ranges of South Australia, which had been visible across the level country at a distance of sixty miles.

At length we came to a tract of fertile land; in the dim light, the forest was not visible around it; and behold!