At eleven o'clock, while we contemplated with great pleasure the rugged top of Chiggre, to which we were fast approaching, and where we were to solace ourselves with plenty of good water, Idris cried out, with a loud voice, ' Fall upon your faces, for... Selim and Zaida: With Other Poems.. - Page 112by John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1790 - 614 pages
...the rugged top of Chiggre, to which we were faß approaching, and where we were to folacc ourfelves with plenty of good water, Idris cried out, with a loud voice, Fall upon your faces, for here is the fimoom. I faw from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1798 - 472 pages
...were, with pleafure, contemplating the rugged tops of Chiggre, where we expected to folace ourfelves with plenty of good water, Idris cried out, with a loud voice, ' fall upon your faces, for here is the fimoom!' I faw from the SE a haze come in colour like the purple part of a rainbow,... | |
| Henry Robertson (M.D.) - Atmosphere - 1808 - 452 pages
...deserts : " At eleven o'clock, while we were contemplating the rugged tops of Chigre, where we expected to solace ourselves with plenty of good water, Idris cried out with a loud voice, " Fall upon your faces, for here is the simoom." I saw from the south-east a haze come, in the colour like the purple... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...effects of the simoom, give» of it the following graphical description : " At tleven o'clock, while we contemplated with great pleasure the rugged top of...solace ourselves with plenty of good water, Idris, our guide, cried out, with a loud voice, fall upon your faces, for here is the simoom. I saw from the... | |
| William Bengo Collyer - Bible - 1813 - 448 pages
...their breath." And he thus describes its fearful approach and effects. "At eleven o'clock, while we contemplated with great pleasure the rugged top of...were to solace ourselves with plenty of good water, Idria cried out with a loud voice, Fall upon your faces, for here is th» shnoom! I saw from the south-east... | |
| James Bruce - Egypt - 1813 - 584 pages
...courage. Hagi Ismael would fight, but he had not strength of mind to suffer. .At eleven o'clock, while we contemplated with great pleasure the rugged top of...approaching, and where we were to solace ourselves with plenry of good water, Idris cried out, with a loud voice, Fall upon your faces, for here is the simoom... | |
| James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 942 pages
...eleven Phenomena of the winds in the desetls of Africa.— Simoom. — Whirlwind. o'clock, while we contemplated with great pleasure the rugged top of...Idris cried out, with a loud voice, ' Fall upon your faces, for here is the simoom.' I saw from the south-east a haze come, in colour like the purple part... | |
| Voyages and travels - 1815 - 500 pages
...outward air, as long as we could hold our breath. The next day, the 16th, at eleven o'clock, while we contemplated with great pleasure the rugged top of...Idris cried out, with a loud voice, " Fall upon your faces, for here is the simoom." I saw from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 468 pages
...the mountains ; and beasts and animals, sensible of its approach, are seen running where we expected to solace ourselves with plenty of good water, Idris cried out, with a loud voice, ' Fall on your faces, for here is the simoom.' I saw, from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part... | |
| R. P. Forster - Voyages and travels - 1818 - 508 pages
...word of that in the hearing of the people.' On the following day, continues our adventurer, ' while we contemplated with great pleasure the rugged top of...Idris cried out, with a loud voice, " Fall upon your faces, for here is the simoon !" , I saw from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of... | |
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