 | David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 pages
...till 12 o'clock ; then it is commonly strongest and lasts so till 2 or 3, a very brisk gale. About 12 at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After 3 o'clock, it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about... | |
 | 1852 - 702 pages
...in comparison. In half an hour's time after it has reached the shore, it fan* pretty briskly, and so increaseth, gradually, till twelve o'clock ; then...and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale: abou! twelve at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 696 pages
...in comparison. In half an hour's time arter it has reached the shore, it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth, gradually, till twelve o'clock ; then...strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gnle; about twelve at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather.... | |
 | 1863 - 348 pages
...shore, it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till twelve o'clock; then it is commonly the strongest, and lasts so till two or three, a very brisk gale. After three it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent ; and... | |
 | William Hughes - 1868 - 346 pages
...reached the shore, it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till twelve o'clock—then :t is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale. . . . These winds are as constantly expected as the day in their proper latitudes, and seldom fail... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1873 - 300 pages
...shore, it fans pretty briskly, and increases gradually till twelve o'clock; then it is commonly the strongest, and lasts so till two or three, a very brisk gale. After three it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about... | |
 | William Hughes - 1882 - 354 pages
...has reached the shore, it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till twelve o'clock—then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale. . . . These winds are as cpnstantly expected as the day in their proper latitudes, and seldom fail... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 400 pages
...till 12 a clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale ; about 12 at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After 3 a clock it begins to dye away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 404 pages
...till U a clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale ; about 12 at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more ii very fair weather. After 3 a clock it begins to dye away again, and gradually withdraws its force... | |
 | William Gee - 1895 - 340 pages
...in comparison. In half an hour's time after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till twelve o'clock ; then it is commonly strongest, and lasts till two or three a very brisk gale, and about five o'clock, sooner or later, according as the weather... | |
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It comes in a fine, small, black curie upon the water, when as all the sea between it and the shore not yet reached by it is as smooth and even as glass in comparison. In half an hour's time after it has reached the shore, it fans pretty briskly, and... 
