| Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 páginas
...more than once reach them. Again, they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their summits reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies; and these once disjointed, dispersed in tlie air, and did not appear more. They were sometimesbroken near the middle,... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 páginas
...by these sand pillars ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach them. Again, they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their summits reaching to the very ctouds. There the tops often separated t'roiu the bodies ; and these once... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 páginas
...overwhelm us instantly ; and small quantities of sand did actually, more than once, reach us. Again, they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There those tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air and did... | |
| 1822 - 384 páginas
...of sight, their tops reaching to the very clonds. There the tops often separated from the hodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were hroken near the middle, as if strnck hy a large cannon shot. Ahont noon they hegan to advance with... | |
| 1823 - 886 páginas
...minutes to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight...; and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, •лпА did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle as if struck with a large cannon... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1824 - 246 páginas
...minutes to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight,...and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if struck with large canon-shot. About noon they began to advance with considerable... | |
| Edward Upham - 1824 - 348 páginas
...slowness; at intervals approaching as if they would overwhelm his terrified band, then quickly retreating, so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. The sun's rays shining partially through them, gave them the appearance of pillars of fire; rendering... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 598 páginas
...intervals he thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm him and his companions. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight,...and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and appeared no more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot.... | |
| Josiah Priest - 1825 - 660 páginas
...minutes, to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight,...clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; aud these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken... | |
| 1828 - 390 páginas
...few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than onve reach usi agajn they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very cloudsThere the tops often separated, from the bodies; and these being onve disjoined, dispersed in... | |
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