 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 ... - Seite 139von John B. Greenshields - 1806 - 144 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1790 - 522 Seiten
...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 - 614 Seiten
...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 - 606 Seiten
...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 - 612 Seiten
...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 - 472 Seiten
...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 - 630 Seiten
...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 - 452 Seiten
...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 - 448 Seiten
...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 - 558 Seiten
...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 - 396 Seiten
...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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