1 We crossed the ice, therefore, and ascended the opposite rock.
2 I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames.
3 Still, as I ascended higher, the valley assumed a more magnificent and astonishing character.
4 We ascended into my room, and the servant presently brought breakfast; but I was unable to contain myself.
5 They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe.
6 The storm appeared to approach rapidly, and, on landing, I ascended a low hill, that I might observe its progress.
7 I passed the bridge of Pelissier, where the ravine, which the river forms, opened before me, and I began to ascend the mountain that overhangs it.
8 The path, as you ascend higher, is intersected by ravines of snow, down which stones continually roll from above; one of them is particularly dangerous, as the slightest sound, such as even speaking in a loud voice, produces a concussion of air sufficient to draw destruction upon the head of the speaker.