 | 1804 - 560 pages
...the most level ground, that they could not keep them even by supporting them with large stone*. The The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be...its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth; it 'was certain at least, that the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 pages
...backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that they could not keep them stedfast, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea...its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it was certain at least, the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it.... | |
 | Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...convulsive motion of the earth; it is certain at least the b shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side, a... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...we had ordered out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from the banks by the convulsive motion of the earth: it is certain, at least, that the shore was considerably... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 392 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side a black and dreadful cloud, bursting with an igneous... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 354 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side a black and dreadful cloud, bursting with an igneous... | |
 | John Edmund Reade - 1838 - 584 pages
...night : " The chariots we had ordered to be drawn out, were so " agitated backwards and forwards, that we could not keep " them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. " Darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or " when there is no moon, but of a room... | |
 | John Miley - 1843 - 382 pages
...ordered to be drawn out were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least, the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side (of the Bay towards Herculaneum and Vesuvius) a black... | |
 | John P. Hiester - 1845 - 298 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side a black and dreadful cloud, bursting with an igneous... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1849 - 194 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least, the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. Ou the othnr side a black and dreadful cloud bursting with an igneous... | |
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Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that... 
