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" The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves to us this day in form and disposition like those we had seen at Waadi Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in size. "
The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science - Page 219
by Edward Polehampton - 1815
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Selim and Zaida: With Other Poems..

John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 pages
...danger; and the full persuasion of this, rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood. "—" The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves...form and disposition like those we had seen at Waadi cl Halboub ; only they seemed to be more in number, and less in size. They came several times in a...
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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
...full conviction of this, ri vetted me as if to the spot where I stood." Again he remarks, " The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves to us this day; in form and position like those we had seen at Waadi el Haiboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less...
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Thalaba the destroyer, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pages
...where I stood. Un the 15th, the same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves to us, only they seemed to be more in number, and less in...They came several times in a direction close upon as ; that is, I believe, within less than two miles. They began immediately after sun-rise, like a...
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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile,: In the Years 1768 ..., Volume 6

James Bruce - 1813 - 584 pages
...till we alighted at the foot of the mountain Del Aned. The place is called Waadi Del Aned. The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves...They came 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...
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Thalaba the Destroyer, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1814 - 304 pages
...appearance of moving pillars of »and presented themselves to us, only they seemed to he more in numher, and less in size. They came several times in a direction close upon us ; that is, I helieve, within less than two miles. They hegan immediately after sun-rise, like a...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...this danger ; and the fnll persuasion of this rivettfd me as if to the spot where I stood. " The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves...form and disposition like those we had seen at Waadi Ualbouh, only they seemed to be more in number and less in she. They came several times in a direction...
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The World Displayed, Or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 6

1815 - 500 pages
...the mouth of the girba, which we found in the morning with scarce a quart of water in it. The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves...this day, in form and disposition like those we had previously seen, only they seemed to be more in number, and less in size. They came several times in...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...this danger ; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot wher* I stood. The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves...form and disposition like those we had seen at Waadi el Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in size. They came several times in a direction...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 3

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 508 pages
...the face. ' Two days after this, the same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves, only they seemed to be more in number, and less in size. They came several times in a diVoL. III. B 10 BRUCE'S TRAVELS. rection close upon us ; that is, I believe, within less than two...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...

Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pages
...this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood. " The same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves...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...
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