 ... 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 - Pàgina 222per Robert Southey - 1812Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1831 - 548 pàgines
...overwhelm us; voi,. i. 3 Y and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight,...very clouds. There the tops often separated from the main bodies, and, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and were seen no more. Sometimes they were... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1831 - 382 pàgines
...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 very clouds ; then the tops often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1832 - 494 pàgines
...in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand had actually reached us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight—...tops reaching to the very clouds — there the tops very often separated from the bodies, and then, once disjointed, dispersed in the air and did not appear... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pàgines
...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 very clouds. Their tops often separated from their bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1833 - 394 pàgines
...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 very clouds ; then the tops often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pàgines
...by these sand pillars; and small quantities of sand did actually mure than once reach them. Again, they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their summits reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies; and these once... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pàgines
...few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quanuties of sand did actually more than once meet us ; again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching the very clouds ; then the tops often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed... | |
 | John Anster - 1837 - 196 pàgines
...few moments 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." Page 49. And ihou Eternal City ! Sfc. " lie mauvais air (la cattiva aria) fait, pour ainsi dire, le... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 696 pàgines
...moments to overwhelm- us, and small quantities of sand did actually, nnre than once, reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight,...tops often separated from the bodies, and these once disjointed, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 476 pàgines
...moments 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,...tops often separated from the bodies, and these once disjointed, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle,... | |
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