 | 1847 - 524 pagina’s
...throwing huge masses one upon another, and then again burying them deep beneath its foaming water, dashing and grinding them together with fearful violence. " The awful grandeur of such a scene," says Sir James, " can neither be imagined nor described, far less can the feelings of those who witnessed... | |
 | 1847 - 918 pagina’s
...appeared to be very little hope that we should live to see another, the coolness, steady •bedience, and untiring exertions of each individual were every...a scene can neither be imagined nor described, far lest can the feelings of those who witnessed it be understood. Each of us secured our hold, waiting... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 pagina’s
...ocean rolled its mountainous waves, throwing huge masses one upon another, and then again bury ing them deep beneath its foaming waters, dashing and...such a scene can neither be imagined nor described. Each of us secured our hold, waiting the issue with resignation to the will of Him who alone could... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1849 - 450 pagina’s
...of crushing bergs, over which the ocean rolled its mountainous waves, throwing huge masses upon one another, and then again burying them deep beneath...and grinding them together with fearful violence." For three successive years were these dangers encountered during this bold and hazardous enterprise.... | |
 | 1849 - 1118 pagina’s
...poured its mountainous waves, throwing large masses upon one another, and then submerging them again, dashing and grinding them together with fearful violence. The awful grandeur of the scene can neither be imagined nor described ; the people watched with breathless anxiety the effect... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1869 - 618 pagina’s
...of crushing bergs, over which the ocean rolled its mountainous waves, throwing huge masses upon one another, and then again burying them deep beneath...and grinding them together with fearful violence." For three successive years were these dangers encountered during this bold and hazardous enterprise.... | |
 | Royal Society of Tasmania - 1894 - 810 pagina’s
...fragments of crushing bergs, over which the ocean rolled its mountainous waves, throwing huge xnasses one upon another, and then again burying them deep...fearful violence. The awful grandeur of such a scene can be neither imagined nor described, far less can the feelings of those who witnessed it be understood.... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1872 - 392 pagina’s
...into the pack, they could not perceive that the swell had at all subsided ; the ships still continued rolling and groaning amidst the heavy fragments of...and grinding them together with fearful violence. " Each of us secured his hold, waiting the issue with resignation to the will of Him, who alone could... | |
 | Blackwood William and sons - 1883 - 268 pagina’s
...bergs, over which the sea rolled its mountainous waves, throwing huge masses one upon another, and then burying them deep beneath its foaming waters, dashing...and grinding them together with fearful violence." 1. Precipitated, thrown head-foremost. (L. pro;, before ; caput, the head.) 2. Rotatory, round about... | |
 | 1893 - 826 pagina’s
...not express my admiration of their conduct on this trying occasion ; throughout a period of 28 tours, during any one of which there appeared to be very...fearful violence. The awful grandeur of such a scene can be neither imagined nor described, far less can the feelings of those who witnessed it be understood.... | |
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Although we had been forced many miles deeper into the pack, we could not perceive that the swell had at all subsided, our ships still rolling and groaning amidst the heavy fragments of crushing bergs, over •which the ocean rolled its mountainous waves,... 
