 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 394 pàgines
...feet. 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. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to... | |
 | James Bruce - 1873 - 470 pàgines
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in...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... | |
 | 1843 - 496 pàgines
...feet. 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...was in vain to think of flying : the swiftest horse, or fastest-sailing ship, would be of no use to carry us out of danger; and the full persuasion of this]riveted... | |
 | English explorers - 1875 - 680 pàgines
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in...was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
 | Charles Armar Wilkins - 1876 - 328 pàgines
...wind at south-east, leaving an impression on the mind to which I can give no name, though surely an ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of fleeing ; the swiftest horse would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction... | |
 | 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 horse, or fastest sailing ship, could... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 pàgines
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one | ingredient in...astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swif test I horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out ; of this danger, and... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 pàgines
...feet. They retired from us with & wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in...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... | |
 | John R. Stilgoe - 1994 - 460 pàgines
...sanddevils, but emotion overcame him. The pillars moved off, “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 ofwonder and astonishment.” Several days later Bruce again encountered the phenomenon, at sunrise,... | |
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can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction of this... 
