 | William Robertson - 1803 - 424 pages
...for extent than elevation, rises in different places more than one third above the Pike of Teneriff, the highest land in the ancient hemisphere. The Andes...said to hide their heads in the clouds ; the storms BOOK often )4oll, and the thunder bursts below their y ,' • summits, which, though exposed to the... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 432 pages
...places more than one third above the Peak of Teneriffe, the highest land in the antient hemisphere. Hie Andes may literally be said to hide their heads in the clouds ; the storms often oil and the thunder bursts below their summits. which. AMERICA. S^. which, though exposed to the rays... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1806 - 398 pages
...in different places more than one third-above the Peak of Teuerifte, the highest land in the anticnt hemisphere. The Andes may literally' 'be said to hide...their heads in the clouds ; the storms often roll aud the thunder bursts below their summits t- . which; which, though exposed to the ray.s of the sun... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1806 - 492 pages
...different places more than one third-above tllc Peak of Tenerifte, the highest land in the antient hemisphere. The Andes may literally be said to hide their heads in the clouds ; the storms often •oil and the thunder .bursts below their summits, which, though exposed to the rays of the sun in... | |
 | William Robertson - 1809 - 392 pages
...extent than ** elevation, rises in different places more than one third above the Pike of Teneriffe, the highest land in the ancient hemisphere. The Andes...the torrid zone. are covered with everlasting snows *. From these lofty mountains descend rivers propor. tionably large, with which the streams in the... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1812 - 822 pages
...The An les may literally be said to hide their hca^ls in the clouds : the storms often roll, and tin thunder bursts below their summits, which, though exposed to the rays of lh< sun in the tomd zone, are covered with everlasting snow. From experiments made with я barometer... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 620 pages
...for extent than elevation, rises in different places more than one-third above the Peak of Teneriffe, the highest land in the ancient hemisphere. The Andes...clouds ; the storms often roll, and the thunder bursts beloy their summits, which, though exposed to the rays of the sun in BOOK the centre of the torrid... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 490 pages
...for extent than elevation, rises in different places more than one third above the Pike of Tenerifle, the highest land in the ancient hemisphere. The Andes may literally be said to bide their heads in the clouds ; the storms often roll, and the thunder bursts below their summils,... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...said to hide their heads in the clonds ; the storms often roll, and the thunder bursts below th«ir summits, which, though exposed to the rays of the sun in the centre of tfc* torrid zone, are covered with everlasting snows." Some of these mountains, which appear to have... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 488 pages
...elevation, rises B oo K in different places more than one-third above i_ _^-_> the Pike of Teneriffe, the highest land in the ancient hemisphere. The Andes...torrid zone, are covered with everlasting snows." . . • i rivers, FROM these lofty mountains descend rivers, proportionably large, with which the streams... | |
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Teneriffe, the highest land in the ancient hemisphere. The Andes may literally be sai'd to hide their heads in the clouds; the storms often roll, and the thunder bursts below their summits, which, though exposed to the rays of the sun in the centre of... 
