 | John B. Greenshields - 1806 - 164 σελίδες
...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 the northward, when I felt the heat cf its current plainly upon my face." Bruce's Travel*. The effects of the Simoom are felt in places... | |
 | Henry Robertson (M.D.) - 1808 - 452 σελίδες
...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 my head to...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... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 σελίδες
...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...ground as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor or purple haze which I saw was indeed passed ; but the light air that still blew was... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 σελίδες
...moved very rapidly; for I fcarce could tarn to fall upon the ground with mj head to the northwaid, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my...ground as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown отег. The meteor or purple haze which I faw was indeed pa fled, but the light air that Hill blew... | |
 | James Bruce - 1813 - 584 σελίδες
...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...ground, as if dead, till 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... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1813 - 448 σελίδες
...from the ground. It was a kind of blush upon the air, and it moved very rapidly, for I scarce coyld turn to fall upon .the ground with my head to the...its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat upon the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which... | |
 | Elijah Parish - 1813 - 538 σελίδες
...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, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor or purple haze which I saw, had indeed passed, but the light air, which still blew,... | |
 | James Smith - 1815 - 942 σελίδες
...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...heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay fiat on the ground, as it dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze which... | |
 | 1815 - 500 σελίδες
...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...northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly on my face. We all lay flat upon the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1815 - 172 σελίδες
...twelve feet high from the ground ; so that I had scarcely time to turn about and fall upon the earth with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all fell upon our faces until the simoom passed on with a gentle, ruffling wind. When the meteor, or purple... | |
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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... 
