Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.
More Quotes from Francis Parkman:
America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.Francis Parkman
Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
Francis Parkman
The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions.
Francis Parkman
A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.
Francis Parkman
A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.
Francis Parkman
The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward.
Francis Parkman
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: hazy, languid, piles, prairie, stirredMy experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
Edward Teller
I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
Tatyana Ali
Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.
Rudy Rucker