 ... 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...  Thalaba the Destroyer: A Rhythmical Romance - Pągina 222per Robert Southey - 1812Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1797
...very clouds. There the tops often feparated from the bodies ; and thefe, once disjoined, difperfed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if ftruck with a large cannon fhot. About noon they began to advance with confiderable fwiftnefs upon... | |
 | James Bruce - 1798 - 388 pągines
...the very clouds. There the tops often feparated from the bodies ; and thefe, once disjoinei difperfed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if ftruck with .a large cannon fhot. About noon they began to advance with confiderable (wiftnefs upon... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 146 pągines
...the very clouds. There the tops often feparated from th? bodies, and thefe, once disjoined, difperfed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if ftruck with large cannon-fhot. About noon they began to advance with confiderable... | |
 | John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 154 pągines
...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,...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... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802
...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 tbe very dovtls ; there the tops often separated from the bodies i and these, once disjoined, dispersed... | |
 | 1802
...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 tips reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 431 pągines
...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* ; there the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807
...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 very clouds; their tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined dispersed in the air, and did... | |
 | Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808
...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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810
...the very clouds. There the tops often feparated from the bodies ; and thefe once disjoined, difperfed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle as if ftruck with a large cannon {hot. About noon they began to advance with confiderable... | |
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