 | John Boyd Greenshields - English poetry - 1800 - 154 pages
...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,...stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals, we thought they were corning in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1802
...that vast expanse of (lesart, from west to the north-west of them, they saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving...stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals they thought they were ioming in a very few minutes to overwhelm them ; and small quantities of sand... | |
 | 1802
...that vast expanse of desert, from \V. and to NW of us, •we saw a number of prodigious fillars pf sand at different distances, at times moving with...stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802
...ths world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and- to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on wjth a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | Samuel Burder - Bible - 1807
...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 at different distances, at times moving...stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand, did actually... | |
 | Henry Robertson (M.D.) - Atmosphere - 1808
...world. In that vast expanse of desert from west to nor th-west of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand, at different distances, 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;... | |
 | Robert Southey - Love poetry, English - 1809
...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 at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking w ith a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few moments to overwhelm... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1809
...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 at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others (talking with a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a very few moments... | |
 | Samuel Burder - Bible - 1812
...vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand -dt different distances, at times moving with great celerity,...stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually... | |
 | James Bruce - Egypt - 1813
...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 at different distances, at times moving...stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually... | |
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We were here at once surprised and terrified by a 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... 
