 | John Platts - 1876 - 986 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 lew minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | Charles Armar Wilkins - 1876 - 328 pages
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, 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... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 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 majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 654 pages
...Nile. Having reached the vast expanse of the desert which lies to the west and north-west of Chendi, he saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, and at others stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals his party thought they should be overwhelmed... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 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 one time moving with great celerity, at another stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1854 - 914 pages
...Charles Bell, as stated in pages 31 and .15 of his " Bridge-water Treatise." JRT.LBN. PILLARS OF SAND. WK saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different...moving with great celerity, at others, stalking with majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us,... | |
 | Paul Hulton, F. Nigel Hpper, Ib Friis - 1991 - 364 pages
...whirlwinds, "prodigious pillars of sand..., at 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 us ... Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching... | |
 | John R. Stilgoe - 1994 - 460 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." Bruce tried to study the immense sanddevils, but emotion overcame him.... | |
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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. 
