 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Ethiopia - 1840 - 398 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Child rearing - 1842 - 352 pages
...world. In that vast expanse of desert, from west and 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 coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1843 - 776 pages
...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 times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with VOL. II. 2 a majestic slowness : at intervals, we thought they were coming in a few minutes to overwhelm... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1844 - 506 pages
...that vast expanse of desert (Waadi el Habsud), from \V. 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... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1845 - 252 pages
...the world. In that vast expanse of desert from west to northwest 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 coming in a few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did more than... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - English poetry - 1846 - 528 pages
...world. In that vast expanse of desert from W. to NW of us we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a few minutes to overwhelm us, &c. Sometimes they were broken near the... | |
 | Tempest - 1848 - 316 pages
...the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from west and to north-west of us, we saw a large number of pillars of sand at different 'distances, at times...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... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 pages
...surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast desert 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,... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...magnificent in the world. Tn that vast expanse of desert, from W. 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... | |
 | 1848 - 796 pages
...north-west of us, we saw a prodigious number of pillars of sand, at different distances, at time« moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in a few moments 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... 
