 ... 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
 | 1856 - 330 pàgines
...minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually reach us more than once : again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds ; then the summits often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed in air, and... | |
 | William Chambers - 1856 - 570 pàgines
...minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually reach us more than once : again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds ; then the summits often separated from the bodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in air, and... | |
 | Henry E. Davenport - 1857 - 336 pàgines
...minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually reach us more than once : again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds ; then the summits often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed in air, and... | |
 | James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.) - 1859 - 924 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,...tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjointed, dispersed in the air, and did not appeal- more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle,... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 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,...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... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1860 - 376 pàgines
...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,...and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and appeared no more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon-shot.... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1861 - 408 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 to the very clouds. Then the tops often separated from the bodies; and these were disjoined, dispersed in the air, and... | |
 | Richard Edmonds - 1862 - 330 pàgines
...qualification — for it is no indication of approaching rain unless the sounds proceed from a rainy quarter. they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds." The subject is important, not only to fishermen and sailors, and owners of ships and cargoes, who may... | |
 | Young people - 1869 - 684 pàgines
...small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat, so as to bo almost out of sight — their tops reaching to the...they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a largo cannon-shot. About noon J they began to advance with considerable swiftness upon us, the wind... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 pàgines
...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,... | |
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