| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...undergone, that even long after all foreign matter has been thrown off, it goes on retching and sputtering, until at last nature is exhausted, when, sobbing and...itself, it sinks back into the bottom of its den. " As the Great Geyser explodes only once in forty hours or more, it was, of course, necessary that... | |
| Wonders - 1866 - 400 pages
...undergone, that even long after all foreign matter has been thrown off it goes on retching and sputtering, until at last nature is exhausted, when, sobbing and...performance, we turned away to examine the remaining WAITING ON THE GEYSER. 191 springs. I do not know, however, that any of the rest are worthy of particular... | |
| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...undergone, that even long after all foreign matter has been thrown off, it goes on retching and sputtering, until at last nature is exhausted, when, sobbing and...itself, it sinks back into the bottom of its den. STOCKS AND SHARES. (1) What must I pay for £3,750 in the 3 per cent, consols, if I buy at98i? (2)... | |
| Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...matter has been thrown off, it goes on retching and sputtering; until at last nature is exhausted. Then, sobbing and sighing to itself, it sinks back into the bottom of its den. As the Great Geysir explodes only once in forty hours or more, it was, of course, necessary that we... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 pages
...has been thrown off, it goes on retelling and sputtering ; until at last nature is exhausted. Then, sobbing and sighing to itself, it sinks back into the bottom of its den. As the Great Geysir explodes only once in forty hours or more, it was, of course, necessary that we... | |
| Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - Arctic regions - 1867 - 314 pages
...undergone, that even long after all foreign matter has been thrown off, it goes on retching and sputtering, until at last nature is exhausted, when, sobbing and...Put into the highest spirits by the success of this performVII.] THE GEYSIRS. S7 ance, we turned away to examine the remaining springs. I do not know,... | |
| Arithmetic - 1872 - 264 pages
...undergone, that even long after all foreign matter has been thrown off, it goes on retching and sputtering, until at last nature is exhausted, when, sobbing and...itself, it sinks back into the bottom of its den. After three days our patience was rewarded. Suddenly a dome of water lifted itself up to the height... | |
| National reading books - 1871 - 224 pages
...undergone, that even long after all foreign matter has been thrown off, it goes on retching and sputtering, until at last nature is exhausted, when sobbing and...itself, it sinks back into the bottom of its den. After three days our patience was rewarded. Suddenly a dome of water lifted itself up to the height... | |
| 1873 - 712 pages
...undergone, that even long after all foreign matter has been thrown off, it goes on retching and sputtering until at last nature is exhausted, when sobbing and...of the rest are worthy of particular mention." They had to keep watch four days to see the great Geyser rouse himself. He says : " All the morning of the... | |
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