... 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
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 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...noblest trees of the forest bent their lofty heads for awhile, and, unable to stand against the blast, were falling to pieces. 3. First, the branches were... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1877 - 812 sider
...whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Turning instinctively toward the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, that...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... | |
| smith elder - 1877 - 802 sider
...stw, to my great astonishment, that the noblest trees of the &nst bent their lofty heads for awhile, and, unable to stand against the blast, were falling...into pieces. First, the branches were broken off with 3 crackling noise, then went the upper parts of the massy trunks, and in many places whole trees of... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 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 part of... | |
| Pictorial cabinet - 1878 - 574 sider
...direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, the noblest trees of the forest bend their lofty heads for a while, and, unable to stand...pieces. First the branches were broken off with a cracking noise, then went the upper parts of the massy trunks, and in many places whole trees of gigantic... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1880 - 458 sider
...whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Turning instinctively toward the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, that...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... | |
| James Johonnot - 1882 - 452 sider
...gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. 3. 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 part of the... | |
| James Johonnot - 1882 - 446 sider
...gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. 3. 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 part of the... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 524 sider
...by the violent gusts which sometimes sweep over the country. Turning toward the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, that...and, unable to stand against the blast, were falling in pieces. First, the branches were broken off with a crackling noise, then went the upper part of... | |
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