 ... 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 to...  The Poetical Works of Robert Southey - Pągina 175per Robert Southey - 1838Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1802 - 572 pągines
...*, , 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 pągines
...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... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pągines
...stalking on wjth a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us : and small quantities of sand did...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 pągines
...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...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,... | |
 | 1802 - 572 pągines
...stalking on 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pągines
...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 - 1804 - 440 pągines
...stalking on with a majestic slowness j at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did...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,... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 pągines
...stalking on 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...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... | |
 | Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 pągines
...stalking on with 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: a^ain they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds ;... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1809 - 288 pągines
...terrified by a sight surely 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...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,... | |
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