 | 1868 - 588 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...had scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1868 - 822 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...had scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...had scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise...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 pagina’s
...forest before me was in fearful 8 commotion. Here and there, where the trees pressed against each other, a creaking noise was produced, similar to that occasioned...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pagina’s
...had scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise...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 Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 168 pagina’s
...had scarcely elapsed, when the whole forest before me was in fearful motion. Here and there, where one tree pressed against another, a creaking noise...sometimes sweep over the country. Turning instinctively towards the direction from which the wind blew, I saw, to my great astonishment, that the noblest trees... | |
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... the ground. Two minutes had 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... 
