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" ... majestic 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. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to... "
Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ... - Page 255
by Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

1802 - 572 pages
...*, , J » • • • r ' slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very tew minuses to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of .sand did...Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sjght, (heir (op! reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and...
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Selim and Zaida: With Other Poems..

John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 pages
...celerity ; at others, stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals, we thought they were corning in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually, more than once, reach H vis.. us. Again they would retreat, so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pages
...celerity, at others stalking on wjth a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us : and small...to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to tbe very dovtls ; there the tops often separated from the bodies i and these, once disjoined, dispersed...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 38

1802 - 572 pages
...celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities...would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tips reaching to the very clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once...
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Oriental Customs: Or, an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by ..., Volume 1

Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pages
...stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming; in a very fewminutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did...almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very cloud* ; there the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the...
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Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by ..., Volume 1

Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 pages
...celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities...of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds; their tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined dispersed in the air, and did...
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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
...great celerity, at others stalking on with majestic 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: a^ain they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds ;...
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Thalaba the destroyer, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pages
...(talking with a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few moments to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did...very clouds. There the tops often separated from the hodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were...
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Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by ..., Volume 1

Samuel Burder - 1812 - 442 pages
...with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more...out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds ; their tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined dispersed in the cur, and...
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Thalaba the Destroyer: A Rhythmical Romance, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1812 - 290 pages
...stalking with a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few moments to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually, more than once, reach us. A gain they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds....
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