 | 1826 - 722 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1827 - 496 páginas
...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 - 1826 - 400 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 738 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1827 - 492 páginas
...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 - 1827 - 404 páginas
...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 - 1827 - 404 páginas
...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 - 1827 - 410 páginas
...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 - 1828 - 350 páginas
...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 - 1834 - 392 páginas
...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... 
