 ... tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or, rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as...  Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity ... - Page 261by William Paley - 1820 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretcbine along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. "When...to be nothing else than so much space, filled with youne shrimps, in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow marein of the water, or from the... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 440 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When...filled with young shrimps, in the act of bounding in the air, from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Animals - 1828 - 126 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When...to be nothing else than so much space, filled with little 9 shrimps, in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be so much space, filled with young shrimps, in the act of bounding into the air, from the shallow margin... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1838 - 976 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far aa the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When...nothing else than so much space, filled with young ยป/irimpg, in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet... | |
 | Charles Jean Delille - 1844 - 476 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When...much space filled with young shrimps in the act of hounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of... | |
 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be so much space, filled with young shrimps, in the act of bounding into the air, from the shallow margin... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When...filled with young shrimps, in the act of bounding in the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal... | |
 | Charles Hargreaves - 1850 - 242 pages
...of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, aud always retiring with the water. When this cloud came...the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margins of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal could express delight, it... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Botany - 1850 - 372 pages
...stretching along the coast, as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When the cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing...the air, from the shallow margin of the water, or the wet sand." We have here an instance of a mass of numbers reminding us of the overwhelming flight... | |
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