 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 696 pages
...sight surely the most magnificent in the world. In that vast ex. panse of desert, from \V. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...overwhelm- us, and small quantities of sand did actually, nnre than once, reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 268 pages
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from west to north west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with velocity, at others stalking with majestic slowness. At intervals, we thought they were coming in a... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 pages
...terrified by a sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with gieat celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were... | |
 | William Reid - 1838 - 470 pages
...the world. In that vast expanse of desert from west and to north-west of us, we saw a large numher of pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 pages
...the world. In that vast expanse of desert from west and to north-west of us, we saw a large number of pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 266 pages
...prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with velocity, at others stalking with majestic slowness. At intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and email quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us ; again... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1838 - 240 pages
...sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert from W. to NW of us we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with ,° majestic slowness : at intervals we... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1839 - 516 pages
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | 1839 - 272 pages
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In the vast expanse of desert from west to north-west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...at different distances, at times moving with great velocity, at others stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1840 - 398 pages
...sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
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... 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 the very clouds. 
