 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...our attention ; a shower of cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing, without any interruption, till the close of the day. These webs...in all directions, but perfect flakes or rags, some near an inch broad, and five or six long, which fell with a degree of velocity that showed they were... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...our attention ; a shower of cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing, without any interruption, till the close of the day. These webs...or rags, some nearly an inch broad, and five or six long, which fell with a degree of velocity that showed they were considerably heavier than the atmosphere,... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pages
...our attention, a shower of cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing, without any interruption, till the close of the day. These webs...all directions, but perfect flakes or rags ; some near an inch broad, and five or six long, which fell with a degree of velocity that showed they were... | |
 | 1819 - 188 pages
...cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing without any interruption till the close of day. These webs were not single filmy threads, floating...in all directions, but perfect flakes or rags; some near an inch broad, 'arid five or six long, On every side, as the observer turned his eyes, might he... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing without any interruption till the close of day. These webs were not single filmy threads, floating...all directions, but perfect flakes or rags ; some near an inch broad, and five or six long. On every side, as the observer turned his eyes, might he... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 pages
...our attention, a shower of cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing, without any interruption, till the close of the day. These webs...all directions, but perfect flakes or rags ; some near an inch broad, and five or six long, which fell with a degree of velocity that showed they were... | |
 | 1843 - 684 pages
...a shower began to fall, and continued to do so, without interruption, to the close of the day. The webs were not single, filmy threads, floating in the air in all directions, but perfect flakes. Some were nearly an inch broad, and five or six long. That they were considerably heavier than the... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing without any interruption till the close of day. These webs were not single filmy threads, floating...all directions, but perfect flakes or rags ; some near an inch broad, and five or six long. On every side, as the observer turned his eyes, might he... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...our attention — a shower of cobwebs fall»g from very elevated regions, and continuing, without any interruption, till the close of the day. These webs were not single filmy threads, floatng in the air in all directions, but perfect flakes 1 rags ; some near an inch broad, and five... | |
 | 1830 - 188 pages
...cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing without any interruption till the close of day. These webs were not single filmy threads, floating...in all directions, but perfect flakes or rags; some near an inch broad, and five or six long. On every side, as the observer turned his eyes, might he... | |
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About nine an appearance very unusual began to demand our attention, a shower of cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing, without any interruption, till the close of the day. 
