 | John Lee Comstock - 1838 - Страниц: 268
...deal of wonder and astonishment. " It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse here would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction of this riveted me to the spot." Sand-wind. The overpowering effects of a sandwind, in the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - Страниц: 696
...name; though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, or the faftest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - Страниц: 476
...; though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying, the swiftest horse, or the faftest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - Страниц: 840
...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; tho swiftest horse, or the fastest-sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger ; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood. On the 15th, the same ttppea rauco of moving pillars of... | |
 | 1839 - Страниц: 272
...considerable degree of wonder and astonishment. It was 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 spot." Adanson, in crossing the river Gambia from the Great Desert,... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1840 - Страниц: 398
...though surely one ingredient in . it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse...danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness, that it was... | |
 | 1842 - Страниц: 352
...name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying : the swiftest horse...danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood." The appearance of these phantoms of the plain, as Bruce terms them, sent... | |
 | George Paxton - 1842 - Страниц: 586
...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,...fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry * Isaiah xl. 24. them out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted him to the spot... | |
 | Robert Jameson - 1842 - Страниц: 386
...considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was hi 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 spot." A similar account of these moving pillars of sand is given... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - Страниц: 776
...cati give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse,...this danger ; and the full persuasion of this riveted us to the spot where we stood. On the vast ocean, analogous to this, is the wntcrspout. A vessel, with... | |
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It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my... 
