 | English essays - 1826 - 722 pages
...Sherer and Ross, and myaelf, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the Obaervatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...bright ray of the Aurora shoot suddenly downward from tke general mass of light, and between us and toe land, which was there distant only three thousand... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...Sherer and Ross, and myself, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the observatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been disposed to receive... | |
 | Sir William Edward Parry - Arctic regions - 1826 - 400 pages
...Sherer and Ross, and myself, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the observatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been disposed to receive... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1826 - 738 pages
...remarkable proof: " Lieutenant Foster having occasion to tend a man from the Observatory to the opshoot suddenly downward from the general mass of light,...between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been disposed t» receive... | |
 | Books - 1826 - 570 pages
...Sherer and Ross and 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 tbe Aurora shoot suddenly downward from the general mass of light, and between us and the land, which... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 492 pages
...Sherer and Ross, and myself, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the observatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...between us and the land, which was there distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been disposed to receive... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...Sherer and Ross, and myself, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the observatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...mass of light, and between us and the land, which was then distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...Sherer and Ross, and myself, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the observatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...mass of light, and between us and the land, which was then distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 404 pages
...Sherer and Ross, and myself, were admiring the extreme beauty of this phenomenon from the observatory, we all simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...mass of light, and between us and the land, which was then distant only three thousand yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been... | |
 | Science - 1827 - 442 pages
...clouds of smoke. While Captain Parry and Lieutenants Sherer and Iloss were admiring the phenomenon, they simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise...downward from the general mass of light, AND BETWEEN THEM AND THE LAND, which was then distant only three thousand yards. This we conceive to be one of... | |
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... yards. Had I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been disposed to receive with caution the evidence even of my own senses, as to this last fact ; but the appearance conveying precisely the same idea to three individuals... 
