Walking by the seaside, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or, rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard,... The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 6911846Full view - About this book
| Anne Pratt - 1850 - 372 pages
...— " Walking by the sea-side on a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud,...the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half-a-yard, stretching along the coast, as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the... | |
| 1850 - 274 pages
...excess. Walking by the seaside, in a calm evening, upon ai sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud,...the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half-a-yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...calm evening upon a sandy shore and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearanee of a dark cloud, or rather very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the hcight, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or thrce yards, stretching along the coast... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...WаНст^ by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud,...edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yawl, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...upon a shady shore and with an ehhing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark eloud, or rather very thick mist, hanging over the edge of...to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the hreadth of two or three yards, stretehing along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always... | |
| Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1859 - 660 pages
...peculiar to this coast. " Walking in a calm evening," he writes, " and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud,...thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the heighth, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast... | |
| American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 pages
...Paley in his "Natural Theology," skipping into the air in such numbers that they resemble a cloud or thick mist hanging over the edge of the water to the height of half a yard. The trilobites were fitted by their organization for swimming just beneath the surface... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 792 pages
...Paley in his "Natural Theology," skipping into the air in such numbers that they resemble a cloud or thick mist hanging over the edge of the water to the height of half a yard. The trilobites were fitted by their organization for swimming just beneath the surface... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 832 pages
...says Paley, "by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide. I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud,...perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or thrw yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 860 pages
...says Paley, " by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with au ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud,...the eye could reach, and always retiring with the wnter. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space filled... | |
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