Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering... Thalaba the Destroyer - Page 124by Robert Southey - 1814Full view - About this book
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...numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of abroad river headlong in its course Plung'd from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks c! " But no account of the appearance and ravages of these terrific insects,... | |
| Robert Southey - 1821 - 296 pages
...continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain...Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their... | |
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...continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain...Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks1]" But no account of the appearance and ravages of these terrific insects,... | |
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...continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of, whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain...Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impelled them on, Their work was done, their... | |
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...continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless. The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain...Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm. Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier - Zoology - 1832 - 998 pages
...continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course, Plunged from a mountain...Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks." It appears that in many of the instances which have been recorded , these... | |
| 1832 - 486 pages
...congregatecl myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings is as the sound Of a broad river headlong m its course Plunged from a mountain summit, or the...Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks." -f We are told, indeed, that during the rainy season in India insects... | |
| Hugh Murray - India - 1832 - 392 pages
...numberless, The rushing of whose wings is as the sound Of a bcoad river headlong in its coarse Plunger: from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks."} We are told, indeed, that during the rainy season in India insects of... | |
| Hugh Murray - India - 1833 - 398 pages
...numberless, The rushing of whose wings is as the sound Of a uroad river headlong in its course Plunger, from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks."ยง We are told, indeed, that during the rainy season in India insects... | |
| John Kitto - 1835 - 344 pages
...Henry. H. (Reading.") " Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a hroad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain-summit, or the roar Of the wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore... | |
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