 I scarcely 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...  Home: A Poem ... - Strona 139autor: John B. Greenshields - 1806 - Liczba stron: 144Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1790 - Liczba stron: 522
...from the S. £. a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo compreflfed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth,...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blulh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for 1 fcarce could turn to fall upon -the ground with... | |
 | 1790 - Liczba stron: 614
...faw from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo coniprcfled or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth,...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could turn to fall upon the ground with... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - Liczba stron: 606
...faw from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo corhpreffed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth,...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of blufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could tum to fall upon the ground with... | |
 | 1790 - Liczba stron: 612
...I uw from the SE a h.ize come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not lo compieffed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth,...was about twelve feet high from the 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... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - Liczba stron: 472
...fimoom!' I faw from the SE a haze come in colour like the purple part of a rainbow, but not ib compreffed or thick; it did not occupy twenty yards in breadth,...twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of a felufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could turn to fall upon the ground,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1798 - Liczba stron: 630
...colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not fo comprefled or thick. It did not occupy twen'y yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground* It was a kind of blufh upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I fcarce could turn to fall upon the ground with... | |
 | Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - Liczba stron: 452
...voice, " Fall upon your faces, for here is the simoom." I saw from the south-east a haze come, in the colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not...twelve feet high from the ground : it was a kind of a blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1813 - Liczba stron: 448
...voice, Fall upon your faces, for here is th» shnoom! I saw from the south-east a haze come, in color like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed...upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I scarce coyld turn to fall upon .the ground with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current... | |
 | Elijah Parish - 1813 - Liczba stron: 558
...faces, for here is the Simoom." I saw from the SI E. a haze, like the purple part of the rainbow, &.c. It was a kind of blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I could scarce turn to fall with my head on the ground, when I felt the heat of the current on my face.... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1814 - Liczba stron: 396
...in colour like the purple part of the rainbow It was twenty yards in breadth and about twelve feet from the ground. It was a kind of blush upon the air, moving very rapidly; for I had scarcely time to turn to the earth, when I felt the heat of its current... | |
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