 | 1818 - 638 页
...impossible to picture a situation more awful than that of the poor crew of a whaler, who see their fi-ail bark thus fatally enclosed, expecting immediate and...destruction. Before the end of June, the shoals of ice in die Arctic seas are commonly divided, scattered, and dissipated. But the atmosphere is then almost... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 页
...monuments of human power. It is impossible to picture a situation more awful than that of the poor crew of 'a whaler, who see their frail bark thus fatally...inevitable destruction. . , Before the end of June, .the shoal? of ice in the Arctic seas are commonly divided, scattered, and dissipated. But the atmosphere... | |
 | Edinburgh cabinet library - 1830 - 456 页
...monuments of human power. It is impossible to picture a situation more awful than that of the poor crew of a whaler, who see their frail bark thus fatally...season of the year, a dense fog generally covers the heard conversing at the distance of a mile. This was no doubt owing partly to the density of the frigid... | |
 | 1831 - 366 页
...power. It is impossible to picture a situation more awful than that of the poor crew of a whale-ship, who see their frail bark thus fatally enclosed, expecting immediate and inevitable destruction. A POLAR SUMMER. 5 Before the end of June, the shoals of ice in the polar seas are commonly divided,... | |
 | 1832 - 602 页
...poor crew of a whaler, who see their frail bark thus fatally inclosed, expecting immediate and fatal destruction. Before the end of June the shoals of...atmosphere is then almost continually damp, and loaded with vapor. At this season of the year a dense fog generally covers the surface of the sea, of a milder... | |
 | Sir John Leslie, Robert Jameson, Hugh Murray - 1832 - 946 页
...monuments of human power. It is impossible to picture a situation more awful than that of the poor crew of a whaler, who see their frail bark thus fatally enclosed, expecting immediate and in evitable destruction. Before the end of June, the shoals of ice in the Arctic Seas are commonly... | |
 | 1836 - 422 页
...of human power. It is impossible to picture a situation more awful than that of the crew of a poor whaler, who see their frail bark thus fatally enclosed,...shoals of ice in the arctic seas are commonly divided and dispersed ; but the atmosphere is then almost continually damp and vaporous, a dense fog generally... | |
 | 1843 - 408 页
...monuments of human power. It is impossible to picture a situation more awful than that of the poor crew of a whaler, who see their frail bark thus fatally...season of the year, a dense fog generally covers the * " The sound of voices which, during the cold weather, could be beard at a much greater distance than... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 510 页
...poor crew of a whaler, who see their frail bark thus fatally inclosed, expecting immediate and total destruction. Before the end of June, the shoals of...atmosphere is then almost continually damp, and loaded with vapor. At this season of the year, a dense fog generally covers the surface of the sea, of a milder... | |
 | Sir John Leslie, Hugh Murray, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1860 - 696 页
...their frail hark thus fatally enclosed, expecting immediiite and inevitable destruction. n!«slp.it!on Before the end of June, the shoals of ice in the Arctic of iiicshoalj Seas are commonly divided, scattered, and dissipated. But the atmosphere is then almost... | |
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... destruction. Before the end of June, the shoals of ice in the .Arctic Seas are commonly divided, scattered, and dissipated. But the atmosphere is then almost continually damp, and loaded with vapour. At this season of the year, a dense fog generally... 