| 1802 - 572 pages
...• r ' slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very tew minuses to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of .sand did actually more than...Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sjght, (heir (op! reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and... | |
| John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 pages
...few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually, more than once, reach H vis.. us. Again they would retreat, so as to be almost out...sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There, the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pages
...majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us : and small quantities of sand did actually more than...to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to tbe very dovtls ; there the tops often separated from the bodies i and these, once disjoined, dispersed... | |
| 1802 - 572 pages
...majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than...would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tips reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 pages
...few minutes to overwhelm them ; 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 tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pages
...majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming; in a very fewminutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than...almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very cloud* ; there the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pages
...majestic slowness j at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than...sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds; there the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 pages
...majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand, did actually more than...of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds; their tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined dispersed in the air, and did... | |
| Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 pages
...majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us: a^ain they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds ;... | |
| Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pages
...majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few moments to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually, more than...sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the hodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not... | |
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