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" ... steadfastly upon them, and in all probability he will see the singular spectacle of his own shadow extending to the length of five or six hundred feet at the distance of about two miles before him. "
Faust, a dramatic poem, tr. into Engl. prose with notes by the translator of ... - Page 237
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1833 - 279 pages
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 18

1804 - 452 pages
...to fine light clouds, floating around, or hovering past him, he needs only fix his eves stedfastly upon them, and, in all probability, he will see the...at the distance of about two miles before him.— This is one of the most agreeable phenomena I ever had an opportunity of remarking on the great theatre...
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Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle, Volume 2

1813 - 550 pages
...opposite to fine light clouds floating around, or borering past him, he needs only fix his eye steadfastly upon them, and, in all probability, he will see the...feet, at the distance of about two miles before him. This is one of the most agreeabk phenomena I ever had ail opportunity of remarking on the great observations...
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An Essay Towards a Theory of Apparitions

John Ferriar - 1813 - 154 pages
...opposite to fine light clouds floating around, or hovering past him, he needs only fix his eye steadfastly upon them, and in all probability, he will see the...feet, at the distance of about two miles 'before him. This is one of the most agreeable phenomena, I ever had an opportunity of remarking on the great observations...
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The Analectic Magazine, to which is Added, an Appendix of Official ..., Volume 2

1813 - 552 pages
...or hovering past him, he needs only fix his eye steadfastly upon them, and, in all probability, lie will see the singular spectacle of his own shadow...feet, at the distance of about two miles before him. This is one of the most agreeable phenomena I ever had an opportunity of remarking on the great observations...
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Apparitions; Or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses ...

Joseph Taylor - 1814 - 240 pages
...opposite to fine light clouds floating around or hovering past him, he needs only fix his eye stedfastly upon them, and in all probability he will see the...six hundred feet, at the distance of about two miles from him. This is one of the most agreeable phenomena I have ever had an opportunity of remarking on...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 39

1815 - 680 pages
...opposite to fine light clouds floating around or hovering past him, he need only fix his eyes »tedfastly upon them, and, in all probability, he will see the...length of five or six hundred feet, at the distance ot about two mU«. P. Ы. , — Parochial Rates. [July To the Editor of the Monthly Щ SIR, OF the...
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The Pocket Magazine of Classics and Polite Literature, Volume 1

1818 - 384 pages
...upon them, and, in all probahility, he will see the singular spectacle of his own shadow extending the length of five or six hundred feet, at. the distance of about two miles before him. This is one of the most agreeable phenomena I ever had an opportunity of remarking on the great observatory...
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Curiosities for the Ingenious: Selected from the Most Authentic Treasures of ...

J. Taylor - 1822 - 220 pages
...to fine light clouds, floating around or hovering past him, he need only, fix his eyes steadfastly upon them, and in all probability, he will see the...extending to the length of five or six hundred feet at the distiiticc of about two miles before him. This is one of the ujost agreeable phenomena I ever had an...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities: Or, Wonders of the World Displayed, Forming a ...

1824 - 458 pages
...opposite to fine light clouds, floating around or hovering past him, he need only fix his eyes steadfastly upon them, and in all probability he will see the...feet at the distance of about two miles before him. This is one of the most agreeable phenomena I ever had an opportunity of remarking on the great observatory...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities: Or, Wonders of the World Displayed, Forming a ...

1824 - 458 pages
...hovering past him, he need only fix his eyes steadfastly upon them, and in all probability he will sec the singular spectacle of his own shadow extending...feet at the distance of about two miles before him. This is one of the most agreeable phenomena I ever had an opportunity of remarking on the great observatory...
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