 | 1790 - 614 pàgines
...colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo coniprcfled or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from...The meteor, or purple haze, which I faw, was indeed paßed, but the light air that llill blew was of heat to threaten fuffocation. For my part, I found... | |
 | 1790 - 612 pàgines
...ground. It was a Jtin.l of hluih upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I icarce could turn to fail upon the ground with my head to the northward, when...Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple h.ize, which I faw, was indeed paflTed, but the light air that liill blew was of heat to threaten futfocation.... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 606 pàgines
...rapidly, for I fcarce could tum to fall upon the ground with my head to the northward, when I teft the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all...was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I law, was indeed palled, but the light air that flill blew was of heat to threaten fuffocation. For... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 472 pàgines
...current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat upon the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it wns blown over. The meteor, or purple haze which I faw, was indeed palled, but the light air that ftill blew, was of heat to threaten fuffocation. For my part, 1 found... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1799 - 200 pàgines
...to fall upon the ground, with my head to the north, when I felt the heat of its current plainly on my face. We all lay flat on the ground as if dead,...was blown over. The meteor or purple haze which I saw was indeed passed, but the light air which still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation. For... | |
 | John Boyd Greenshields - 1800 - 174 pàgines
...high from the ground. It was a kind of blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly ; for I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with my head to...was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I saw, was indeed passed ; but the light air that still blew, was of heat to threaten suffocation. For... | |
 | Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 pàgines
...northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face : we all lay flat upon the ground till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor or purple haze which I saw, was indeed passed ; but a light air which still blew was of heat sufficient to threaten suffocation.... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pàgines
...rapidly ; for I scarce could turn to fall upon tin- ground with my head to the northward, when I felt Ute heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay...was blown over. The meteor or purple haze which I saw was indeed passed ; but the light air that still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation. For... | |
 | James Bruce - 1813 - 584 pàgines
...feet high from the ground It was a kind of blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground with my head to...Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple h,.ze, which 1 saw, was indeed passed, but the h^ht air that still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation.... | |
 | Elijah Parish - 1813 - 538 pàgines
...for I could scarce turn to fall with my head on the ground, when I felt the heat of the current on my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead,...was blown over. The meteor or purple haze which I saw, had indeed passed, but the light air, which still blew, was of heat to threaten suffocation. For... | |
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I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I... 
