 | 1802 - 572 頁
...clouds ; there the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in th: air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannon uliot. About noon they began to advance with considerable swiftness upon... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 734 頁
...land did aehially more than once rcaih us. Again they would retreat fo as to be almoft out of light, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the...more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as it Üruck with a large cannon fliot. About neon they began to advance with confiderable fwiftnels upon... | |
 | 1790 - 694 頁
...actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat fa as to be aim oft out of fight, their tope reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often...Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if druck with a large cannon-fhot. — About noon they began to advance with confiderable fwiftntfs upon... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 606 頁
...very clouds. There the tops ofien fepar;ited from the bodies; and tliefe, once disjoined, dilperfed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they...broken near the middle, as if ftruck with a large cannon fhot. About noon they began to advance with confiderable fwiftnefs upon us, the wind being very... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 728 頁
...clouds. There (Jis Y y 2 tops often fc pa rated from the bodies ; and thefe, once disjoined, dilperfed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if n ruck with a large cannon fliot. About neon they began to advance with considerable fwiftnefs upon... | |
 | 1790 - 612 頁
...very clouds. There the tops oflen leparated from the bojíos; and thefe, once disjoined, dilperfed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if ¡duck with a large cannon mot. About noon they began to advance with considérable Iwifmefs upon us,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1793 - 544 頁
...once reach us. Again they would retreat fo as to be almoft out of fight, their tops reaching to ihe very clouds. There, the tops often feparated from...large cannon-mot. About noon they began to advance with conliderable fwiftnefs upon us, the wind being very ftrong at north. Eleven of them ranged alongside... | |
 | 1793 - 542 頁
...almoft out of fight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often feparated from jiie bodies ; and thefe, once disjoined, difperfed in the...broken near the middle, as if ftruck with a large cannon-ihot. About noon they began to advance with . tmfiderable fwiftnefs -upon us, the wind being... | |
 | George Gregory - 1796 - 620 頁
...they were coming in a very few . minutes to overwhelm us; and fmall quantities of land id aftuaily more than once reach us. Again they would retreat...Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if (truck with a large cannon fhot. About noon they began to advance with confi lerable fwiftnels upon... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1797 - 362 頁
...minutes to overwhelm them ; and lrnr.ll quantities of fand did actually more than once reach them. Again they would retreat fo as to be almoft out of...Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if flruck with a large cannon fhot. About noon they began to advance; with confiderable fwiftnefs upon... | |
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... did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies ; and these, once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear... 
