 | 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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... 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. 
