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" Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in size. They came several times in a direction close upon us ; that is, I believe, within less than two miles. They began, immediately after sunrise, like a thick wood, and almost darkened the sun... "
The Life of Bruce: The African Traveller - Page 468
by Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 535 pages
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The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events ..., Volume 2

1790 - 522 pages
...began, immediately after i'un-rife, like a thick wood, and a 1 molt darkened the fun : his rays ihining through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became delperate : the Greeks ihrieked out, and faid it was the day of judgment. Ifmael pronounced it to be...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 606 pages
...began, immediately alter fun-rife, like a thick wood, and almoft darkened the fun: his rays fhining through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became delpcrate: the Greeks fhrieked out, and faid it was the day of judgment, Ilmael pronounced it to be...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 3

1790 - 612 pages
...began, immediately after fun-rife, like a thick •wood, and almoft darkenrd the fun : his rays mining through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became tltfpei ate: the Greeks flincked out, and faid it was the day of judgment. Ilmael pronounced it to...
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The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and ..., Volume 8

1790 - 614 pages
...began, immediately after fun-rife, like a thick wood, and alinoft darkened the fun ; his rays fliining through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became defperate : the Greeks (bricked out, and laid it was the day of judgment. Ifmad pronounced it to be...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 70; Volume 1790

Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 728 pages
...immediately after fun rife, like a thick wood, and •Imoft darkened tlie fun : his r»y» finning through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Ow people now became del Derate: the Greek Airieked out, and faid it was the day of judgment. Ifmael...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 70

Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 734 pages
...fun-rife, like a thick wood, and almoft darkened the fun : his rays fliining through them for лсаг an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became defperate: the Greek [bricked out, and laid it was tl.e day of judgment. Jfmael pronounced it to be...
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The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated on the Principles ..., Volume 1

George Gregory - 1796 - 620 pages
...began immediately after fun-rife, like a thick wood, and almoft darkened the fun: his rays (hining through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became defperate: the Greeks fhrieked out, a'nd faid it was the day of judgment. Ifmael pronounced it to be...
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The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts. Part I. Containing The Economy of ...

Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 472 pages
...They began immediately after fun-rife like a thick wood, and almoft darkened the fun. His rays fhining through them for near an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. Our people now became defpcrate; the Greeks fhrieked out, and faid it was the dav qf judgment; IfmaeJ pronounced it to be...
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Selim and Zaida: With Other Poems..

John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 pages
...several times in a direction close upon us; that is, I believe, within less than two miles. They began immediately after sun-rise, like a thick wood, and...hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire. " Vol. iv. pp. 553-5. From what Bruce says, " that the pillars of sand, when once disjoined, dispersed...
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A General View of the Natural History of the Atmosphere: And of ..., Volume 1

Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 pages
...sun-rise like a thick cloud, and almost darkened the sun. :• his rays shining through them for more than an hour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire....shrieked out, and said it was the day of judgment ; Imael pronounced it to be hell ; and the Turcomans that the world was on fire." It seems probable...
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