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" They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. "
The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume - Page 167
by Robert Southey - 1829 - 728 pages
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 3

1843 - 488 pages
...it would measure ten feet. They retired from us •with a wind southeast, leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ;...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 16

1844 - 384 pages
...it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no name, though surely...was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction of this riveted me to the...
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The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, Volume 7

William Laxton - 1844 - 506 pages
...if it would measure 10 feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE, leaving an impression upon the mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear." This phenomenon is common to the deserts of Nubia and Arabia, and generally occurs in plains surrounded...
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A Survey of the Holy Land: Its Geography, History, and Destiny

J. T. Bannister - 1844 - 650 pages
...the mind of our intrepid traveller to which he could give no name ; though he candidly admits that one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. He declares it was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest-sailing ship, could be...
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Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book ...

Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...me at that distance as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at southeast, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. 5. On another day the same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves to us, in form...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Volume 10

Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 pages
...measure ten feet. They retired from w with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my miod to which 1 unt. And made m a»ton»hmen.. It was in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, or the fastest sailing ship,...
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An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms: By Means of Facts, Arranged ...

William Reid - 1846 - 626 pages
...impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, and a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It...flying : the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, would have been of no use to have carried us out of the danger. " 15th Nov. At 7 AM, we left Waadi...
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The Christian miscellany, and family visiter

1847 - 412 pages
...it would measure ten feet: they retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression on my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient was fear, with a considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was vain to think of flying: the...
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The tempest; or, An account of the nature, properties, dangers, and uses of ...

Tempest - 1848 - 316 pages
...at that distance, as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, and a considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest...
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The Christian miscellany, and family visiter, Volumes 5-6

1848 - 796 pages
...measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at southeast, leaving an impression upon my mind lo which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was tear, mixed with a considerable degree of wonder and astonish-, ment It was in vain to think of flying...
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