 | James Smith - 1815 - 942 pages
...at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we Ihonght they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities...of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again thry would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 468 pages
...that vast expanse of desert from west and to northwest of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with...slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did, more than once, actually reach... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 508 pages
...expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us,' says Mr. Bruce, ' we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with...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.... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...distances, sometimes moving with great celerity, and then stalking with a majestic slowness: at ¡nit nais we thought they were coming in a few minutes to overwhelm us; again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight. Tlair tops, reaching to the very clouds,... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - 1819 - 490 pages
...great celerity, at others, stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did...more than once reach us: again they would retreat till they were almost out of sight, their tops stretching to the clouds: there the heads often separated... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pages
...the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with...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.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1821 - 296 pages
...world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking with a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few moments to overwhelm... | |
 | 1822 - 384 pages
...world. In that vast expanse of desert, from \V. to NW of ns, we saw a prodigions nnmher of pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with...stalking on with a majestic slowness: at intervals we thonght they were coming in a few minntes to overwhelm ns; and small qnantities of sand did actnally... | |
 | 1823 - 886 pages
...world. In -that vast expanse of desert, from VV. to NW. of us, we saw a , number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with...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.... | |
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... 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. 
