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An account of the kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary ... - Page 127
by Mountstuart Elphinstone (hon.) - 1815
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Annual Register, Volume 57

Edmund Burke - History - 1816 - 838 pages
...elevation : a parching wind blew like a blast from a furnace, and heated wood, iron, and every other solii! material, even in the shade ; and immediately before...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to start at once into all the freshness and brilliancy of Spring. From this time the rain falls...
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The Pocket Magazine of Classics and Polite Literature, Volume 3

1819 - 382 pages
...atmosphere was loaded with dust, which was sufficient to render distant objects dim, as in a mis), and to make the sun appear dull and discoloured, till...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to shoot at once into all the freshness and brilliancy of spring. From this time the rain falls...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued ..., Volume 3

1819 - 384 pages
...monsoon, this wind had been succeeded by still more sultry calms. But when the first violence of thestorm is over, the whole earth is covered with a sudden...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to shoot at once mto air the freshness and brilliancy of spring. From this time the rain falls...
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The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary ..., Volume 2

English essays - 1823 - 536 pages
...render distant objects dim, as in a mist, and to make the sun appear dull and discoloured, till it attained a considerable elevation. A parching wind...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to shoot at once into all the freshnes and brilliancy of spring. From this time the rain falls...
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Annual Register, Volume 57

Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 858 pages
...evenings, and the monsoon in general sets in during the night. It is attended with such a thunder- storm as can scarcely be imagined by those who have only...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to start at once into all the freshness and brilliancy of Spring. From this time the rain falls...
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Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most ..., Volume 3

Hugh Murray - India - 1832 - 392 pages
...calms. But when the first violence of the storm is over, the whole earth is covered with a sudden and luxuriant verdure ; the rivers are full and tranquil...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to start at once into all the freshness and brilliancy of spring. From this time the rain falls...
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Historical and descriptive account of British India, by H. Murray [and others].

1832 - 486 pages
...calms. But when the first violence of the storm is over, the whole earth is covered with a sudden and luxuriant verdure ; the rivers are full and tranquil...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to start at once into all the freshness and brilliancy of spring. From this time the rain falls...
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An Account of the Kingdom of Canbul, and Its Dependencies in ..., Volume 1

Mountstuart Elphinstone - Afghanistan - 1842 - 472 pages
...made a great part of the company turn pale. blade of vegetation was to be seen : the clearness of tbe sky was not interrupted by a single cloud, but the...imagined in Europe by supposing the depth of a dreary winter to start at once into all the freshness and brilliancy of spring. From this time the rain falls...
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Natural Phenomena

Natural phenomena - 1846 - 142 pages
...still descends in torrents, and scarcely allows a view of the blackened fields ; the rivers are swollen and discoloured, and sweep down along with them the...varied and embellished with clouds. The effect of this change is visible on all the animal creation, and can only be imagined in Europe by supposing...
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The Thunder-storm: An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers, and Uses ...

Charles Tomlinson - Atmospheric electricity - 1848 - 306 pages
...discoloured, and sweep down along with them the hedges, the huts, and the remains of the cultivation carried on during the dry season, in their beds. "...varied and embellished with clouds. The effect of this change is visible on all the animal creation, and can only be imagined in Europe by supposing...
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