 | English essays - 1826 - 722 pages
...tke general mass of light, and between us and toe land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us. " About one o'clock on the morning of the 23rd February, the Aurora again appeared over the hills in... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us." The modesty and piety of this distinguished voyager must have struck all who have read his several... | |
 | Sir William Edward Parry - Arctic regions - 1826 - 400 pages
...the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us. About one o'clock on the morning of the 23rd February, the Aurora again appeared over the hills in... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1826 - 738 pages
...as to this last fact ; but the appearance conveying precisely the same idea to three individuals ut once, all intently engaged in looking towards the...light actually passed within that distance of us. " About one o'clock on the morning of the 23rd February, the Aurora again appeared over the hills in... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 492 pages
...the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us." The modesty and piety of this distinguished voyager must have struck all who have read his several... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which was then distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us. A bout one o'clock on the morning of the twentythird of February, the aurora again appeared over the... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 404 pages
...the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which was then distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us. About one o'clock on the morning of the twentythird of February, the aurora again appeared over the... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which was then distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us. A bout one o'clock on the morningof the twentythird of February, the aurora again appeared over the... | |
 | Sir William Edward Parry - Arctic regions - 1828 - 350 pages
...the general mass of light,a«<2 between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us. About one o'clock on the morning of the 23d February, the Aurora again appeared over the hills in a... | |
 | John Dalton - Auroras - 1834 - 392 pages
...the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself,...light actually passed within that distance of us." — Journal of a Third Voyage, &c. page 61. Captain PARRY had just before, in describing another appearance... | |
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... myself, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the observatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise at seeing a bright ray of the Aurora shoot suddenly downward from the general mass of light, and between us... 
