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" ... did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. "
Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by ... - Page 84
by Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810
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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
...very clouds ; then the tops often separated from the bodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in air, and did not appear more : sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if they were struck with large cannon-shot. At noon they began to advance with considerable swiftness...
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Thalaba the destroyer, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1809 - 288 pages
...the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies, and these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon, they began to advance with considerable...
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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile,: In the Years 1768 ..., Volume 6

James Bruce - 1813 - 584 pages
...very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with .considerable...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 4

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...th« very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if struck with large cannon-shot. About noon they began to advance with con. siderable swiftness upon...
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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
...• very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if struck with large cannon-shot. About noon they began to advance with con. tiderable swiftni-ss upon...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if struck with large cannon shot. About nooi> they began to advance with considerable swiftness upon us,...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...very clouds : there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjointed, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon-shot. About noon, they began to advance with considerable...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 3

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 508 pages
...the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with considerable...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...

Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pages
...the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken in the middle, as if struck with large cannon-shot. About noon they began to advance with considerable swiftness upon us,...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: Thalaba

Robert Southey - 1821 - 296 pages
...the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies, and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon shot. About noon, they began to advance with considerable...
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