| Robert Southey - 1838 - 696 Seiten
...sight surely the most magnificent in the world. In that vast ex. panse of desert, from \V. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...overwhelm- us, and small quantities of sand did actually, nnre than once, reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching... | |
| John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 268 Seiten
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from west to north west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with velocity, at others stalking with majestic slowness. At intervals, we thought they were coming in a... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 Seiten
...terrified by a sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with gieat celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were... | |
| William Reid - 1838 - 470 Seiten
...the world. In that vast expanse of desert from west and to north-west of us, we saw a large numher of pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
| sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 Seiten
...the world. In that vast expanse of desert from west and to north-west of us, we saw a large number of pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
| John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 266 Seiten
...prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with velocity, at others stalking with majestic slowness. At intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and email quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us ; again... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1838 - 240 Seiten
...sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert from W. to NW of us we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with ,° majestic slowness : at intervals we... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1839 - 516 Seiten
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
| 1839 - 272 Seiten
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In the vast expanse of desert from west to north-west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...at different distances, at times moving with great velocity, at others stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - 1840 - 398 Seiten
...sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
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