 I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which...  The English reading book, in prose - Page 148by William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 249 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1790 - 522 pages
...S. £. a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo compreflfed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blulh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for 1 fcarce could turn to fall upon -the ground with... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 606 pages
...the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo corhpreffed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could tum to fall upon the ground with... | |
 | 1790 - 614 pages
...the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo coniprcfled or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could turn to fall upon the ground with... | |
 | 1790 - 612 pages
...the SE a h.ize come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not lo compieffed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a Jtin.l of hluih upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I icarce could turn to fail upon the ground... | |
 | George Gregory - 1796 - 620 pages
...fouth eaft a haze come, in colour like the. purple part of the rainbow, but not fo comprefied or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was_ a kind of blufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for 1 fcarce could turn to fall upon... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 472 pages
...from the SE a haze come in colour like the purple part of a rainbow, but not ib compreffed or thick; it did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of a felufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could turn to fall upon the ground,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1798 - 630 pages
...colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo comprefled or thick. It did not occupy twen'y yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground* It was a kind of blufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could turn to fall upon the ground with... | |
 | John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 pages
...South-East a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the Rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was...blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly ; for I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with my head to the Northward, when I felt the heat of its... | |
 | John B. Greenshields - 1806 - 164 pages
...south east a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was...blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly ; for I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat cf its... | |
 | Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 pages
...south-east a haze come, in the colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick : it did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was...twelve feet high from the ground : it was a kind of a blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with... | |
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