| Charles Tomlinson - 1861 - 408 pàgines
...different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others 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 more than once reach us. Again they would retreat, so as to be... | |
| 1867 - 214 pàgines
...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 ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to he... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 394 pàgines
...distances, at times moving with great celerity, and at others 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 more than once reach us. Again they would retreat, so as to be... | |
| Young people - 1869 - 684 pàgines
...different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others 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 more than once reach us. Again they would retreat, so as to bo... | |
| English explorers - 1875 - 680 pàgines
...different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others 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 more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be... | |
| Charles Armar Wilkins - 1876 - 328 pàgines
...different distances ; at times moving with great velocity, at others stalking on with majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us ; again they would retreat, so as to... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 pàgines
...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 ; and small quantities of sand did BC tir. 1520. he describee his various afflictions a " The Arabs style... | |
| Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1854 - 914 pàgines
...different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others, stalking with majestic slowness. At intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us, and small quantities of sand did more than once actually reach us. Again they would retreat, so as to be... | |
| Paul Hulton, F. Nigel Hpper, Ib Friis - 1991 - 364 pàgines
...pillars of sand..., 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 ... Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds."... | |
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