 ... scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise was produced, similar to that occasioned by the violent gusts which sometimes sweep over the country....  The book of adventure and peril - Side 345af Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 sider
...the country. Turning instinctively toward the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my irreat astonishment, that the noblest trees of the forest...unable to stand against the blast, were falling into pieres. First, the branches were broken off with a crackling nojse ; then went the upper part of the... | |
 | 1868 - 588 sider
...eye-witness to the progress of one of these American land-storms, thus speaks of its destructive effects. " I saw, to my great astonishment, that the noblest trees of the forest were felling into pieces. A mass of branches, twigs, foliage, and dust moved through the air, whirled... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 sider
...sometimes sweep over the country... Turning instinctively towards the direction from which the storm blew, I saw to my great astonishment, that the noblest trees of the forest bent their lofty heads for awhile, and, unable to stand against the blast, were falling into pieces. First, the branches were... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1868 - 822 sider
...eye-witness to the progress of one of these American land-storms, thus speaks of its destructive effects. '' I saw, to my great astonishment, that the noblest trees of the forest were falling into pieces. A mass of branches, twigs, foliage, and dust moved through the air, whirled... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 164 sider
...gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. Turning instinctively toward the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, that...and unable to stand against the blast, were falling to pieces. First, the branches were broken off with a crackling noise, then went the upper parts of... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1871 - 358 sider
...eye-witness to the progress of one of these American land-storms, thus speaks of its destructive effects: " I saw, to my great astonishment, that the noblest trees of the forest were falling into pieces. A mass of branches, twigs, foliage, and dust, moved through the air, whirled... | |
 | 1872 - 556 sider
...gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. Turning instinctively toward the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, that...and unable to stand against the blast, were falling to pieces. P'irst, the branches were broken off with a crackling noise, then went the upper part of... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1873 - 494 sider
...gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. Turning instinctively toward the direction from which the wind blew, I saw to my great astonishment, that...lofty heads for a while, and, unable to stand against 9 the blast, were falling to pieces. First, the branches were broken off H •with a crackling noise,... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1873 - 340 sider
...eye-witness to the progress of one of these American land-storms, thus speaks of its destructive effects. ' I saw, to my great astonishment, that the noblest trees of the forest were falling into pieces. A mass of branches, twigs, foliage, and dust moved through the air, whirled... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 168 sider
...gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. Turning instinctively towards the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, that...and, unable to stand against the blast, were falling to pieces. First the branches were broken off with a crackling noise, then went the upper parts of... | |
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