| John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 268 páginas
...deal of wonder and astonishment. " It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse here would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction of this riveted me to the spot." Sand-wind. The overpowering effects of a sandwind, in the... | |
| Robert Southey - 1838 - 696 páginas
...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, or the faftest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
| Robert Southey - 1838 - 476 páginas
...; 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, or the faftest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
| Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 páginas
...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; tho swiftest horse, or the fastest-sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger ; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood. On the 15th, the same ttppea rauco of moving pillars of... | |
| 1839 - 272 páginas
...considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was 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 riveted me to the spot." Adanson, in crossing the river Gambia from the Great Desert,... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - 1840 - 398 páginas
...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...danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness, that it was... | |
| 1842 - 352 páginas
...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...danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood." The appearance of these phantoms of the plain, as Bruce terms them, sent... | |
| George Paxton - 1842 - 586 páginas
...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,...fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry * Isaiah xl. 24. them out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted him to the spot... | |
| Robert Jameson - 1842 - 386 páginas
...considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was hi 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 riveted me to the spot." A similar account of these moving pillars of sand is given... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 776 páginas
...cati 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,...this danger ; and the full persuasion of this riveted us to the spot where we stood. On the vast ocean, analogous to this, is the wntcrspout. A vessel, with... | |
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