 | English periodicals - 1868 - 582 pages
...lurid red ; the moon's shadow sweeps across the surface of the earth, and is even seen in the air ; all sense of distance is lost ; the faces of men assume a livid hue ; fowls hasten to roost ; flowers close; cocks crow; nor does the animal world escape the general excitement.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1870 - 526 pages
...and finally the moon's shadow sweeps across the surface of the earth, and is even seen in the air ; all sense of distance is lost ; the faces of men assume a livid hue ; flowers close, cocks crow, the animal world sharing in the general excitement. Soon the stars burst out, and surrounding... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 276 pages
...and finally the moon's shadow sweeps across the surface of the earth, and is even seen in the air ; all sense of distance is lost ; the faces of men assume a livid hue ; flowers close, cocks crow, the animal world sharing in the general excitement. Soon the stars burst out, and surrounding... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...the rapidity of its motion ana its intenseness produce a feeling that something material is sweeping over the Earth at a speed perfectly frightful. All...distance is lost, the faces of men assume a livid hue, fowls hasten to roost, flowers close, cocks crow, and the whole animal world seems frightened out of... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1876 - 392 pages
...something material is sleeping over the Earth at a speed perfectly frightful. Varren De LaE3Xf,?jLS. All sense of distance is lost, the faces of men assume a livid hue, fowls hasten to roost, flowers close, cocks crow, and the whole animal world seems frightened out of... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pages
...the rapidity of its motion and its intenseness produce a feeling that something material is sweeping over the earth at a speed perfectly frightful. All...distance is lost, the faces of men assume a livid hue, fowls hasten to roost, flowers close, cocks crow, and the whole animal world seems frightened out of... | |
 | Joseph Norman Lockyer, Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1883 - 462 pages
...feeling that something material is sweeping over the Earth at a speed perfectly frightful FlaleYH AH sense of distance is lost, the faces of men assume a livid hue, fowls hasten to roost, flowers close, cocks crow, and the whole animal world seems frightened out of... | |
 | Adrian Stokes - Art - 2002 - 676 pages
...the rapidity of its motion and its intenseness produce a feeling that something material is sweeping over the earth at a speed perfectly frightful. All...distance is lost, the faces of men assume a livid hue, fowls hasten to roost, flowers close, cocks crow, and the whole animal world seems frightened out of... | |
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Moon's shadow sweeps across the surface of the Earth, and is even seen in the air ; the rapidity of its motion and its intenseness produce a feeling that something material is rushing over the Earth at a speed perfectly frightful. 