| 1842 - 352 pages
...one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from west and to north-west 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... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 776 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...times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with VOL. II. 2 a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a few minutes... | |
| Graham Hutchison - 1843 - 684 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 great velocity, at others stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in... | |
| William Laxton - 1844 - 506 pages
...the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert (Waadi el Habsud), from \V. 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... | |
| 1844 - 384 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 great velocity, at others stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we thbught they were coming in... | |
| Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 pages
...a sight surely 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...majestic slowness : at intervals we thought they were ruining in a vrrr few moments to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually, more than... | |
| Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert from west to northwest 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 few minutes to overwhelm... | |
| Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 pages
...most magnificent in the world. In that vast rt-| panse of desert, from W. andtoN. Wr. of us, we saw »number: of prodigious pillars of sand at different...moving with great celerity, at others stalking with a moj-v.^ slowness: at intervals we thought they were coming in a frri few moments to overwhelm us, and... | |
| Henry H. Methuen - 1846 - 352 pages
...away, for they had 'been bred on the place, and would * " In that vast expanse of desert from W. to NW 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." — BRUCE. This wonderful phenomenon is also... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1846 - 528 pages
...a number of prodigious pillars of sand, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a few minutes to overwhelm us, &c. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a huge... | |
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