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appearance arch ascending ashes Aurora Aurora Borealis avalanches beautiful blocks boat bridge called cataract caused cave caverns centre chasm cloud colours column cone Coral course crater crevices danger depth descend distance earth edge eruption extended fall feet high fifty feet FINGAL'S CAVE flames floe frequently Geyser glacier gradually ground halo height hundred feet Icebergs Iceland immense inhabitants island lava length light limestone lower magnificent Martigny melting miles Monsoon moon moraine motion mountain névé night noise numerous observed ocean parhelia pass petrifaction pieces pillars places portion produced rain rainbow Rapids rays regions remarkable resembling rise river rock sand scoria seen Shetland Isles ship shore side slope snow solid sometimes springs stalactites stone Straits of Messina stream suddenly summit surface thick thirty feet thunder torrent traveller trees upper valley vapour vast Vesuvius village violence volcano waves whirlpool Will-o'-the-Wisp wind yards
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Sida 29 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Sida 70 - Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.
Sida 113 - ... stronger ; the whole surface of the mountain seemed to glide down, but so slowly as to afford time to the inhabitants to go away. An old man, who had often predicted some such disaster, was quietly smoking his pipe when told by a young man, running by, that the mountain was in the act of falling ; he rose and looked out, but came into his house again, saying he had time to fill another pipe. The young man, continuing to fly, was thrown down several times, and escaped with difficulty; looking...
Sida 103 - ... in endless perspective. On an excursion to one <of the Seven Icebergs, in July 1818, I was particularly fortnhate in witnessing one of the grandest effects which these polar glaciers ever present. A strong north-westerly swell having for some hours been beating on the shore, had loosened a number of fragments attached to the iceberg, and various heaps of broken ice denoted recent shoots of the seaward edge. As we rowed...
Sida 34 - I never observed that the semoum blows close to the ground, as commonly supposed, but always observed the whole atmosphere appear as if in a state of combustion: the dust and sand are carried high into the air, which assumes a reddish, or bluish, or yellowish tint, according to the nature and colour of the ground from which the dust arises.
Sida 112 - ... spade was driven in, it moved of itself. A man, who had been digging in his garden, ran away from fright at these extraordinary appearances ; soon a fissure, larger than all the others, was observed ; insensibly, it increased ; springs of water ceased all at once to flow, the pine-trees of the forest absolutely reeled ; birds flew away screaming.
Sida 101 - If an immense city of ruined alabaster palaces can be imagined, of every variety of shape and tint, and composed of huge piles of buildings grouped together, with long lanes or streets winding irregularly through them, some faint idea may be formed of the grandeur and beauty of the spectacle.
Sida 113 - ... just come up ; when, all at once, a flight of stones, like cannon-balls, traversed the air above their heads, a cloud of dust obscured the valley ; a frightful noise was heard ; they fled ! As soon as the obscurity was so far dissipated as to make objects discernible, they sought their friends, but the village of Goldau had disappeared under a heap of stones and rubbish...
Sida 101 - A little farther onwards would be seen a vast fissure, as if some powerful force had rent in twain these mighty masses. Every noise on board, even our own voices, reverberated from the massive and pure white walls. These tabular bergs are like masses of beautiful alabaster : a verbal description of them can do little to convey the reality to the imagination of one who has not been among them.
Sida 20 - ... and its particular character; insomuch that I confidently pronounced it to be my father's ship the Fame, which it afterwards proved to be; though, on comparing notes with my father, I found that our relative position at the time gave our distance from one another very nearly thirty miles, being about seventeen miles beyond the horizon, and some leagues beyond the limit of direct vision.