 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1796 - 380 pages
...vaft thicknefs ; but if any fhould be fo far open as to invite a fhip into it, the would run a rifk of being fixed there for ever, or of coming out in an ice ifland. After fuch an explanation as this, the reader •will not expect to find them much farther... | |
 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The ports which may be on the coast, are, in a manner, wholly filled up with frozen snow of...open as to invite a ship into it, she would run a risque of being fixed there for ever, or of cor ining out in an ice island. The islands and floats... | |
 | 1815 - 476 pages
...sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The ports which may be on the coast are in a manner wholly filled up with frozen snow of vast thickness : but if any be 8O far open as to invite a ship into it, she would run a risk of being fixed there for ever, or... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The porls which may be on the coast are in a manner wholly filled up with frozen snow of vast thickness ; and if any be so far open as to invite a ship in it, she would run a risque of being fixed there... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pages
...sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The ports which may be on the coast are in a manner wholly filled up with frozen snow of vast thickness; and if any be so far open as to invite a ship in it, she would run a risk of being fixed there forever,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 532 pages
...sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The ports which may be on the coast, are, in a manner, wholly filled up with frozen snow of...open as to invite a ship into it, she would run a risque of being fixed there for ever, or of coming out in an ice island. The islands and floats on... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1826 - 464 pages
...they are almost entirely covered with frozen snow of a vast thickness. If, however, any one of them should be so far open as to invite a ship into it, she would run the risk of being fixed there for ever, or of coming out in an ice island, To this it may be added,... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1832 - 238 pages
...however, any one of them should be so far open as to invite a ship into it, she would run the riek of being fixed there for ever, or of coming out in an ice island. To this it may be added that the islands and floats on the coast, the great falls from... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 214 pages
...sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The parts which may be on the coast, are, in a manner, wholly filled up with frozen snow of...and floats on the coast, the great falls from the ice cliffs in the port, or a heavy snowstorm attended with a sharp frost, would be equally fatal."... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1853 - 468 pages
...they are almost entirely covered with frozen snow of a vast thickness. If, however, any one of them should be so far open as to invite a ship into it, she would run the risk of being fixed there for ever, or of coming out in an ice island. To this it may be added... | |
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... and these difficulties are greatly heightened by the inexpressibly horrid aspect of the country; a country doomed by nature never once to feel the warmth of the sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The ports which may be on the... 
