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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. "
The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume - Page 167
by Robert Southey - 1829 - 728 pages
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Complete Poetical Works: Containing: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines ...

Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1857 - 508 pages
...a number of prodigious pillars of sand, at times moving with great celerity, at others staiking on with a majestic slowness : at intervals we thought they were coming in a few minutes to overwhelm us, ice. Sometimes they were broken near the middie, as if struck with a huge...
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The Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures ...: Embracing ..., Volume 2

James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.) - 1859 - 924 pages
...the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from west and to the north-west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...different distances, at times moving with great celerity, and at others stalking on with a majestic slo\wess; at intervals we thought they were coming i'na very...
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The gallery of nature: a tour through creation, Volume 28

Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 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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Bruce's Travels and Adventures in Abyssinia

James Bruce - 1860 - 436 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 different distances, at one time moving with great celerity, at another stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we...
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The Tempest: an Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Wind, in Various ...

Charles Tomlinson - 1861 - 408 pages
...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...
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The Biblical treasury, Volume 8

1867 - 214 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 majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm...
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The reason why: physical geography and geology, by the author of 'The reason ...

Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 392 pages
...of the most magnificent in the world. In the vast expanse of desert, from west and to the north-west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...different distances, at times moving with great celerity, and at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a...
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Complete Poetical Works ...

Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1864 - 468 pages
...sight surely on* 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 a majestic slowness ; at intervals we...
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The Juvenile instructor and companion, Volumes 20-21

Young people - 1869 - 684 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...
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The English explorers, comprising details of the more famous travels by ...

English explorers - 1875 - 680 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...
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