 I could think of taking measures to insure my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite the place where I stood. Never can I forget the scene which at that moment presented itself. The tops of the trees were seen moving in the strangest manner, in the...  Ornithological Biography - Page 259by John James Audubon - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1832 - 446 pages
...into pieces. First the branches were broken off with a crackling noise, then went the upper parts of the massy trunks, and, in many places, whole trees...opposite the place where I stood. Never can I forget the scene-which at that moment presented itself. The tops of the trees were seen moving in the strangest... | |
 | 1833 - 468 pages
...into pieces. First the branches were broken off with a crackling noise, then went the upper parts of the massy trunks, and in many, places, whole trees...storm, that, before I could think of taking measures to in sure my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite the place where I stood. Never can I forget the... | |
 | Readers - 1833 - 224 pages
...pieces. First, the branches were broken off wiih a . crackling noise ; then went the upper part of the massy trunks ; and in many places whole trees...of gigantic size were falling entire to the ground. 7. So rapid was the progress of the storm, that before I could think of taking measures to ensure my... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...into pieces. First, the branches were broken off with a crackling noise ; then went the upper part of the massy trunks, and in many places whole trees of...insure my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite to the place where I stood. Never can I forget the scene which at that moment presented itself. The... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...into pieces. First, the branches were broken off with a crackling noise; then went the upper part of the massy trunks; and in many places whole trees of...entire to the ground. So rapid was the progress of the Storni, that before I could think of taking measures to insure my safety, the hurricane was passing... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...into pieces. First, the branches were broken off with a crackling noise ; then went the upper part of the massy trunks, and in many places whole trees of...insure my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite to the place where I stood. Never can I forget the scene which at that moment presented itself. The... | |
 | Country life - 1856 - 482 pages
...before I could think of taking measures to insure my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite to the place where I stood. Never can I forget the scene...moment presented itself. The tops of the trees were been moving in the strangest manner, in the central current of the tempest, which carried along with... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1873 - 494 pages
...pieces. First, the branches were broken off H •with a crackling noise, then went the upper part of the massy trunks, and in many places whole trees of...before I could think of taking measures to insure 10 my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite the place where I stood. The tops of the trees were... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875 - 942 pages
...into pieces. First the branches were broken off with a crackling noise ; then went the upper part of the massy trunks ; and in many places whole trees...storm, that before I could think of taking measures to ensure my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite the place where I stood. Never can I forget the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1877 - 812 pages
...into pieces. First, the branches were broken off with a crackling noise, then went the upper parts of the massy trunks, and in many places whole trees of...So rapid was the progress of the storm that, before 1 could think of taking measures to insure my safety, the hurricane was passing opposite the place... | |
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