 ... 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
 | sir William Reid - 1838 - 436 pągines
...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. Then the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838
...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. The tops often separated from the bodies ; and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did... | |
 | Sir William Reid - 1838 - 436 pągines
...out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. Then the tops often separated from the hodies ; and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were hroken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. Ahout noon they hegan to advance with... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 256 pągines
...minutes to overwhelm us, and email 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 disjointed, dispersed... | |
 | 1839
...few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand actually more than once reached us ; again 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 the air, and... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1840 - 382 pągines
...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,...the very clouds. There the tops often separated from their bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes... | |
 | George Paxton - 1842
...intervals he thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm him and his companions. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight,...often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjointed, dispersed in the air, and appeared no more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle,... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843
...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. The tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did... | |
 | Graham Hutchison - 1843 - 646 pągines
...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 ; then the tops often separated from the bodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in air and did... | |
 | 1843
...few minutes to overwhelm us, and small qimu tics 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 ol'ten .separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed... | |
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