 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 sider
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the son, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a , curtain extended along the channel to the height of about thirty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not... | |
 | William Andrew Mitchell - 1820 - 562 sider
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarified by the sun, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the...the height of about 30 palms and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not only reflected on the surface of the... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 sider
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind and waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens, that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 sider
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about thirty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not... | |
 | 1826 - 628 sider
...previously dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about thirty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 sider
...dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in this vapor, old castle built on a rock, containing several Roman and Moorish four or five and twenty fc«t, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 650 sider
...by the action of the wind and waves, or rarified by the sun, it then happens, that, in this vapor; as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will beFATA MORGANA— FAUCHE-BOREL. pear... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1831 - 646 sider
...by the action of the wind and waves, or rarificd by the sun, it then happens, that, in this vapor, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1834 - 394 sider
...atmosphere be highly impregnated with vapour and dense exhalations at the time, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about twentyfour or twenty-five feet, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 sider
...dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in tliivapor, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about four or five and twenty feet, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
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... palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not only reflected from the surface of the sea, but likewise in the air, though not so distinct or well defined as the former objects from the sea. 
