 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - 1848 - 426 pages
...from the sea around and beneath the vessel. These sounds resembled a " combination of the bass of an organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries of a large frog," and the twanging strings of a gigantic harp. For some time they formed a complete chorus, so loud that the... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1860 - 376 pages
...which were heard around the bottom of the vessel. They resembled," he says, " a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries...attribute to an enormous harp ; one might have said the vessel trembled with it. The noises increased, and finally formed a universal chorus over the entire... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 pages
...which were heard around the bottom of their vessel. "It was," he says, " like a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries...and the tones which imagination might attribute to the largest harp ; one might have said the vessel trembled with it." These noises increased, and finally... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1860 - 470 pages
...which were heard around the bottom of the vessel. " It was," says he, " like a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries of a frog, and the tones which imagination might attribute to an enormous harp ; one might have said that... | |
 | 1863 - 530 pages
...was," he says, "like a mixture of the bass of an organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries of a frog, and the tones which imagination might attribute...with it. These noises increased, and finally formed a universal chorus over the entire length of the vessel, and the two sides. In proportion as they went... | |
 | Young people - 1869 - 684 pages
...which were heard around the bottom of the vessel. They resembled," he says, "a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries...attribute to an enormous harp ; one might have said the vessel trembled with it. -The noises increased, and finally formed a universal chorus over the... | |
 | 1883 - 902 pages
...vessel were struck by hearing extraordinary sounds, like a mixture of the bass of an organ, the ringing of bells, the guttural cries of a large frog, and the tones of an enormous harp, which they heard around the bottom of their vessel. The interpreter said they... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...extraordinary sounds which were heard around the bottom of their vessel. It was like a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries...and the tones which imagination might attribute to the largest harp ; one might have said the vessel trembled with it. These noises increased, and finally... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...extraordinary sounds which were heard around the bottom of their vessel. It was like a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries...and the tones which imagination might attribute to the largest harp; one might have said the vessel trembled with it. These noises increased, and finally... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...extraordinary sounds which were heard around the bottom of their vessel. It was like a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries...and the tones which imagination might attribute to the largest harp ; one might have said the vessel trembled with it. These noises increased, and finally... | |
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a mixture of the bass of the organ, the sound of bells, the guttural cries of a large frog, and .the tones which imagination might attribute to an enormous harp ; one might have said the vessel trembled with it. 
