| James Anderson - 1800 - 632 pàgines
...was chiefly about me, and those who accompanied me, that it was the most prodigious. When snow falls thickest and in the largest flakes, the air is never...filled with them as that which surrounded us was with ephemera. Scarcely had I remained a few minutes in one place, when the step on which I stood was 'Covered... | |
| William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pàgines
...Ephemerae," says he, " which filled the air, can neither be expressed nor conceived. When snow falls thickest and in the largest flakes, the air is never...than four inches. The whole surface of the water, for^ix feet at least from the bank, was entirely covered with a coat of Ephemerae ; those which the... | |
| William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pàgines
...Ephemerae," says he. w which filled the air, can neither be expressed nor conceived. When snow falls thickest, and in the largest flakes, the air is never...was with Ephemerae. Scarcely had I remained a few minutefc in one place, when the step on which I stood was covered in every part with their bodies,... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pàgines
...Ephemerae," says he, " which filled the air, can neither be expressed nor conceived. When snow falls thickest, and in the largest flakes, the air is never so completely filled with these, as that which surrounded us, was with Ephemerae. Scarcely had I remained a few minutes in one... | |
| James Rennie - 1830 - 440 pàgines
..." of ephemerae which swarmed over the water can neither be conceived nor expressed. When snow falls thickest and in the largest flakes, the air is never so completely full of them as that which we witnessed filled with ephemerae. I had scarcely remained a few minutes... | |
| 1830 - 644 pàgines
..." of ephemerae which swarmed over the water can neither be conceived nor expressed. When snow falls thickest and in the largest flakes, the air is never so completely full of them as that which we witnessed filled with ephemerae. I had scarcely remained a few minutes... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 164 pàgines
...flakes, the air is never so full of them as that which we witnessed filled with ephemerae. I had scarcely remained a few minutes in one place, when the step...stood was covered in every part with their bodies, from two to four inches deep. Near the lowest step, a surface of water, of five or six dimensions every... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1839 - 418 pàgines
...ephemerae," says he, " which swarmed over the water, can neither be conceived nor expressed. When snow falls thickest, and in the largest flakes, the air is never so completely full of them as that which we witnessed filled with ephemerae." It was evening ; and Reaumur procured... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1847 - 442 pàgines
...ephemerae," says he, " which swarmed over the water, can neither be conceived nor expressed. When snow falls thickest, and in the largest flakes, the air is never so completely full of them as that which we witnessed filled with ephemeras." It was evening ; and Reaumur procured... | |
| James Rennie - 1849 - 160 pàgines
...flakes, the air is never so full of them as that which we witnessed filled with ephemera. I had scarcely remained a few minutes in one place, when the step...stood was covered in every part with their bodies, from two to four inches deep. Near the lowest step, a surface of water, of five or six dimensions every... | |
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