 | Charles Armar Wilkins - 1876 - 328 ページ
...wind at south-east, leaving an impression on the mind to which I can give no name, though surely an ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal...wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of fleeing ; the swiftest horse would be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full conviction... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 ページ
...upon the mind of our intrepid traveller to which he could give no name, though he candidly admits that one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. He declares it was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest h'jrse, or fastest sailing ship, could... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 ページ
...at that distance as if it T would measnre ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 ページ
...appeared to me, at that distance, as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder anJ astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship,... | |
 | John R. Stilgoe - 1994 - 460 ページ
...slowness." Bruce tried to study the immense sanddevils, but emotion overcame him. The pillars moved off, "leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can...with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment." Several days later Bruce again encountered the phenomenon, at sunrise, when pillars appeared in the... | |
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They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. 
