 Woe to the traveller whom this wind surprises remote from shelter ! he must suffer all its dreadful consequences, which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls, for then the rapidity of the wind increases the heat to...  Thalaba the destroyer - Σελίδα 96των Robert Southey - 1809Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 σελίδες
...three days, let if it exceeds that time it becomes inuppfirtable. Tlie danger is most immineDt •ken it blows in squalls ; for then the rapidity of the...The lungs being empty are convulsed, the circulation is disordered, and the whole mass of blood driven by the heat towards the bead and breast ; whence... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 σελίδες
...exceeds that time it becomes insupportable. The danger is most imminent •when it blow* in squall« ; for then the rapidity of the wind increases the heat to such a degree »s to cause sudden death. This death is a real suffocation. The lungs being empty are convulsed, the... | |
 | Richard Renshaw - 1813 - 218 σελίδες
...wind surprises, where no shelter is to be found, it's influence often proves mortal to him, But the danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls, for then the celerity of the wind increases the heat to such a degree, as to occasion instantaneous death. The aridity... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1821 - 296 σελίδες
...consequences, which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls, for thcn the rapidity of the wind increases the heat to such...the heart towards the head and breast ; whence that haemorrhage at the nose and mouth which happens after death. This wind is especially fatal to persons... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 408 σελίδες
...destructive heat. It usually lasts three days, but if it exceeds that time it becomes insupportable. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls ;...lungs, being empty, are convulsed, the circulation is disordered, and the whole mass of blood driven by the heat towards the head and breast ; whence... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 σελίδες
...destructive heat. It usually lasts three days, but if it exceeds that time it becomes insupportable. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls ;...lungs, being empty, are convulsed, the circulation is disordered, aml the whole mass of blood driven by the heat towards the head and breast ; whence... | |
 | Job (the patriarch), John Fry - 1827 - 630 σελίδες
...after the appearance of rocky mountains." its dreadful consequences, which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls,...heat to such a degree, as to cause sudden death." " These accidents are to be avoided by stopping the nose and mouth with handkerchiefs : an efficacious... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 806 σελίδες
...remote from shelter! he must suffer all its dreadful consequences, which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls,...increases the heat to such a degree as to cause sudden drath. This death is a real suffocation; the In it;;., being empfy, are convulsed, the circulation... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1831 - 362 σελίδες
...remote from shelter! he must suffer all its dreadful consequences, which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls,...the heart towards the head and breast; whence that haemorrhage at the nose and mouth which happens after death. This wind is especially fatal to persons... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 476 σελίδες
...remote from shelter 1 he must suffer all its dreadful consequences, which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls,...the heart towards the head and breast ; whence that haemorrhage at the nose and mouth which happens after death. This wind is especially fatal to persons... | |
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