 | John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 pàgines
...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 not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if struck with large cannon shot. About noon, they began to advance with considerable... | |
 | 1802 - 572 pàgines
...of sight, their tips reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 pàgines
...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 not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pàgines
...of sight, their tops reaching to tbe very dovtls ; there the tops often separated from the bodies i and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near thcjniddle, as if struck with a large cannon shot, About noon they began to advance with... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pàgines
...of sight, their tops reaching to the very cloud* ; there the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pàgines
...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 not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot- About noon they began to advance with... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pàgines
...us. 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 hodies, and...air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. Ahout noon, they began to advance with... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pàgines
...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 not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon, they began to advance with... | |
 | James Bruce - 1813 - 584 pàgines
...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 not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1814 - 304 pàgines
...us. Again they would retreat so as to he almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the hodies, and...Sometimes they were hroken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. Ahout noon, they hegan to advance with considerahle swiftness upon... | |
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... 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. 
