They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. Thalaba the destroyer - Pàgina 215per Robert Southey - 1809Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 pàgines
...upon the mind of our intrepid traveller to which he could give no name, though he candidly admits that one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. He declares it was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest h'jrse, or fastest sailing ship, could... | |
| Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 pàgines
...at that distance as if it T would measnre ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 pàgines
...appeared to me, at that distance, as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder anJ astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship,... | |
| John R. Stilgoe - 1994 - 460 pàgines
...slowness." Bruce tried to study the immense sanddevils, but emotion overcame him. The pillars moved off, "leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment." Several days later Bruce again encountered the phenomenon, at sunrise, when pillars appeared in the... | |
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