... with a 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. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching... The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal - Pàgina 75editat per - 1844Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1802 - 572 pàgines
...*, , J » • • • r ' slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very tew minuses to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of .sand did...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 pàgines
...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...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... | |
| 1802 - 572 pàgines
...that vast expanse of desert, from \V. and to NW of us, •we saw a number of prodigious fillars pf sand at different distances, at times moving with...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... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pàgines
...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...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... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 pàgines
...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...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... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pàgines
...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...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 - 1807 - 438 pàgines
...sight 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 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... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pàgines
...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...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... | |
| Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 pàgines
...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 ; then the tops often separated from the bodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in air, and did... | |
| Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pàgines
...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...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... | |
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