 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pages
...sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 pages
...terrified. Having reached the vast expanse of desert which lies to the west and north-west of Chendi, they saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, and at others stalking on with a majestic slowness. At intervals the party thought they should be overwhelmed... | |
 | 1822 - 384 pages
...magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from \V. to NW of ns, we saw a prodigions nnmher of pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness: at intervals we thonght they were coming in a few minntes to overwhelm... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 pages
...terrified by a sight, surely one of the most magnificent in nature. In the vast expanse of desert around us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, moving sometimes with great celerity ; at others, stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals,... | |
 | 1823 - 886 pages
...sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In -that vast expanse of desert, from VV. to NW. of us, we saw a , number of prodigious pillars of...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | 1823 - 536 pages
...the most magnificent sights in the world. In the vast expanse of desert, to the west and north-west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, moving with great celerity, but which was afterwards changed to a majestic slowness : at intervals... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1824 - 246 pages
...sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | Josiah Priest - 1825 - 660 pages
...the morning, we nc o'clock •W6, havud tejrriof the ni it in the world, om NW of us. vesawa numher of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances,...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness : at intervals we thought they were coming, in a very few minutes, to overwhelm... | |
 | 1826 - 638 pages
...by a sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness : at intervals we thought they were coming, in a very few minutes, to overwhelm... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 560 pages
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
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... few 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, their tops reaching to the very clouds. 
