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" ... seemed almost as if we were ascending the height under us, and when we passed over its summit, which rose in appearance to within a few feet of our boat, and 'came again to the descent... "
The Natural History of the Order Cetacea: And the Oceanic Inhabitants of the ... - Page 25
by Henry William Dewhurst - 1834 - 294 pages
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The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and ..., Volume 2

Sharon Turner - 1835 - 460 pages
...side was suddenly perpendicular, it seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves down this precipice. Now we came again to a plain, and passed slowly over...expanse below, inhabited doubtless by thousands of auimals, to which they afford both Ibod and shelter, though unknown to man. I could sometimes observe...
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The Reader and Speaker: Containing Lessons for Rhetorical Reading and ...

Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...again to the descent, which on this side was suddenly perpendicular, as we pushed over the last point of it, it seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves down a precipice ; the illusion actually producing a sudden start. Now we came again to a plain, and passed...
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The Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically ..., Volume 2

Sharon Turner - 1838 - 448 pages
...was suddenly perpendicular, it aeetned almost as if we had thrown ourselves down this precipice. Novr we came again to a plain, and passed slowly over the...below, inhabited doubtless by thousands of animals, to which they afford both Ibod and shelter, though unknown to man. I could sometimes observe large...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 30

1824 - 618 pages
...was suddenly perpendicular, a«d overlooking a watery gulf, as we pushed gently over the last point of it, it seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves...precipice : the illusion, from the crystal clearness of tbe deep, actually producing a sudden start. Now we came again to a plain ; and passed over slowly...
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Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be ..., Volume 2, Issue 72

Sharon Turner - 1844 - 452 pages
...side was suddenly perpendicular, it seemed almost as if we had tbrown ourselves down this precipice. Now we came again to a plain, and passed slowly over...below, inhabited doubtless by thousands of animals, to which they afford both Ibod and shelter, though unknown to man. I could sometimes observe large...
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The Gallery of Nature: A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation

Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...was suddenly perpendicular, and overlooking a watery gulf, as we pushed gently over the last point of it, it seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves...below ; inhabited, doubtless, by thousands of animals, to which they afford both food and shelter — animals unknown to man ; and I could sometimes observe...
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Monthly Literary Miscellany, Volumes 6-9

1852 - 820 pages
...on this side was perpendicular, and overlooked a watery gulf as we passed gently over the point of it, seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves down...illusion from the crystal clearness of the deep actually produced a sudden start. Now we came again to a plane and passed slowly over a submarine forest and...
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Kidd's Own Journal, Volume 5

1854 - 394 pages
...side was suddenly perpendicular, and overlooking a watery gulf as we passed gently over the point o( it, — it seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves...clearness of the deep, actually producing a sudden start. — HELEX W. Can Hatt tmell Danger at a Distance ? — A statement made by the mate of the schooner...
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The gallery of nature: a tour through creation, Volume 28

Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...was suddenly perpendicular, and overlooking a watery gulf, as we pushed gently over the last point of it, it seemed almost as if we had thrown ourselves...expanse below ; inhabited, doubtless, by thousands ol animals, to which they afford both food and shelter — animals unknown to man ; and could sometimes...
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The Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - 446 pages
...perpendicular, and overlooking a watery gulf, as we pushed gently over the last point of it, it seemed as if we had thrown ourselves down this precipice...crystal clearness of the deep, actually producing a start. Now we came again to a plain, and passed slowly over the submarine forests and meadows, which...
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