... 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... Selim and Zaida: With Other Poems.. - Seite 130von John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 154 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1802 - 572 Seiten
...very tew minuses 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 sjght, (heir (op! reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 Seiten
...few minutes to overwhelm them ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach them. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of...and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with considerable... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 Seiten
...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 tbe very dovtls ; there the tops often separated from the bodies i and these, once disjoined, dispersed... | |
| 1802 - 572 Seiten
...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 tips reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 Seiten
...in a very fewminutes 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 cloud* ; there the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 Seiten
...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...and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot- About noon they began to advance with considerable... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 Seiten
...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 the very clouds; their tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined dispersed in the air, and did... | |
| Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 Seiten
...few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us: a^ain 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... | |
| Robert Southey - 1809 - 288 Seiten
...very 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...and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon, they began to advance with considerable... | |
| Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 Seiten
...very 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...very clouds. There the tops often separated from the hodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were... | |
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