 We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses than living men, and so, I suppose, did I. However, I could not forbear, in spite of warnings, to step out and look at the camels ; they were still lying...  The modern geographical readers - Page 114by Modern geographical readers - 1882Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1888 - 740 pages
...began again to flap in the returning gusts, and announced that the worst of the simoom had gone by. My comrades appeared more like corpses than living...though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its usual dazzling clearness. During the whole time that the simoom... | |
 | William Gifford Palgrave - 1865 - 494 pages
...announced that the worst of the semoom had gone by. We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its usual dazzling clearness. During the whole time that the semoom... | |
 | William Gifford Palgrave - 1868 - 458 pages
...announced that the worst of the semoom had gone by. We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its usual dazzling clearness. During the whole time that the semoom... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1865 - 534 pages
...announced that the worst of the simoom had gone by. We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...could not forbear, in spite of warnings, to step out nnd look at the camels ; they were still lying flat as though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish,... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - 224 pages
...announced that the worst of the simoom had gone by. We got up, halfdead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its usual clearness. During the whole time that the simoom lasted,... | |
 | 1872 - 354 pages
...announced that the worst of the simoom had gone by. We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its usual dazzling clearness. During the whole time that the simoom... | |
 | John Knox Laughton - 1873 - 416 pages
...announced that the worst of the semoom had gone by. We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its usual dazzling clearness. During the whole time that the semoom... | |
 | Charles Gutch - 1873 - 688 pages
...announced that the worst- of the Semoon had gone by. We got up, half-dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...out and look at the camels : they were still lying fiat as though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its... | |
 | 1874 - 368 pages
...announced that the worst of the simoom had gone by. We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My comrades appeared more like corpses...though they had been shot. The air was yet darkish, but before long it brightened up to its usual dazzling clearness. During the whole time that the simoom... | |
 | Arabs - 1875 - 286 pages
...the simoom had gone by. We got up, half dead with exhaustion, and unmuffled our faces. My companions appeared more like corpses than living men, and so,...suppose, did I. However, I could not forbear, in spite of warning, to step out and look at the camels : they were still lying flat, as if they had been shot.... | |
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