New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... light during the entire night ; sometimes , indeed , it diffuses a variegated splendour , which is not inferior to that of the full - moon . They generally stretch from north - east to north - west , and are much fainter in the former ...
... light during the entire night ; sometimes , indeed , it diffuses a variegated splendour , which is not inferior to that of the full - moon . They generally stretch from north - east to north - west , and are much fainter in the former ...
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... light assumed more of a purple colour . The flashing of the light , therefore , from the deuse region of the atmosphere into such as are more rare , and the transition through mediams of different densities , he con- siders as the cause ...
... light assumed more of a purple colour . The flashing of the light , therefore , from the deuse region of the atmosphere into such as are more rare , and the transition through mediams of different densities , he con- siders as the cause ...
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... light and search for it ; nor is this search very easy , for the creature is silent the moment the light appears , and shifts his quarters ; nor , while there is any light , will he dis- cover himself by his note . But if by a mistaken ...
... light and search for it ; nor is this search very easy , for the creature is silent the moment the light appears , and shifts his quarters ; nor , while there is any light , will he dis- cover himself by his note . But if by a mistaken ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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