| 1802 - 572 Seiten
...*, , J » • • • 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 once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sjght, (heir (op! reaching to the very clouds ;... | |
| 1793 - 532 Seiten
...times moving with great celerity, at others ftalking on with a majeBic flownefs : at intervals w« thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and fmall quantities of fand did aftually more- than once reach us. Again they would retreat fo as to be... | |
| 1790 - 522 Seiten
...times moving with great celerity, at others ftalkipg on vvith a majcftic flownels ; at intervals \ve thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and finail quantities of fand did aibally more than once reach us. Again they would retreat, fo as to-be... | |
| John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 Seiten
...celerity ; at others, stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals, we thought they were corning in a very 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 of sight, their tops reaching to the very... | |
| 1802 - 572 Seiten
...fillars pf sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were...quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tips reaching to the very clouds ;... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 Seiten
...pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on wjth a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were...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 tbe very dovtls ;... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 Seiten
...stalking on with a 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 once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very cloud* ;... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 Seiten
...pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were...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; their... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 Seiten
...different distances, at times moving withgrcat celerity, as others stalking on with a majestic slowness j at intervals we thought they were coming in a very...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;... | |
| Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 Seiten
...stalking w ith a 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 once, reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There... | |
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