 It is impossible to imagine desolation more complete ; we could see neither sun, earth, nor sky : the plain at ten paces distance was absolutely imperceptible : our beasts, as well as ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing difficult ; they...  A Gazetteer of the World: AA-Brazey - Pàgina 781856Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Farrar - 1852 - 692 pàgines
...absolutely imperceptible : our beasts, like ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing very difficult ; they hid their faces in the ground, and...Jupiter Ammon, and the destruction of the Persian army of Cambyses, in the Libyan desert, rose to my recollection, with new impressions made by the horror... | |
 | 1862 - 1406 pàgines
...imperceptible. Our beasts, as well as ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing very difficult; th«y hid their faces in the ground, and we could only uncover...and wait impatiently for its abatement. Alexander's jonroey to the Temple of Jupiter Ammon, and the destruction of the Persian armies of Cambyses in the... | |
 | James Austin Bastow - 1859 - 772 pàgines
...the plain at ten paces distance was absolutely imperceptible : our beasts, as well as ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing difficult ; they...abatement. Alexander's journey to the temple of Jupiter Arnmon, and the destruction of the Persian armies of Cambyses, in the Libyan desert, rose to my recollection... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1859 - 424 pàgines
...in the desert of Suez. During the chaos of mid-day darkness, which obliterated sun, earth, and sky, Alexander's journey to the temple of Jupiter Ammon, and the destruction of the Persian army of Cambyses rose to his recollection, with new impressions from the horror of the scene. And Addison's... | |
 | John Eadie - 1868 - 722 pàgines
...absolutely imperceptible : our beasts as well as ourselves were so covered as to render breathing very ! Lybian desert, rose to my recollection with new impressions, made by the horror of the scene before... | |
 | James Austin Bastow - 1868 - 824 pàgines
...the plain at ten paces distance was absolutely imperceptible: our beasts, as well as ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing difficult; they...faces in the ground, and we could only uncover our ov,n for a moment, to behold this chaos of midday darkness, and wait impatiently for its ulu .incut.... | |
 | John Eadie - 1870 - 730 pàgines
...absolutely imperceptible : our beasts as well as ourselves were so covered as to render breathing very difficult ; they hid their faces in the ground, and...destruction of the Persian armies of Cambyses, in the Lybian desert, rose to my recollection with new impressions, made by the horror of the scene before... | |
 | William Beamont - 1871 - 348 pàgines
...the plain at ten paces distance was absolutely imperceptible : our beasts, as well as ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing difficult ; they...chaos of mid-day darkness, and wait impatiently for it to abate. Alexander's journey to the temple of Jupiter Ammon, and the destruction of the Persian... | |
 | James Austin Bastow - 1876 - 764 pàgines
...the plain at ten paces distance was absolutely imperceptible: our beasts, as well as ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing difficult; they...darkness, and wait impatiently for its abatement. Its fury spent itself, like the storms of ocean, in sudden lulls and squalls: but it was not until... | |
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