There my uncle, having drunk a draught or two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth which was spread for him, when immediately the flames, and a strong smell of sulphur which was the forerunner of them, dispersed the rest of the company, and... Herculaneum and other poems - Seite 63von Charles Room - 1828 - 98 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1804 - 560 Seiten
...and boisterous. There Pliny, taking a draught or two of water, threw himself down upon a cloth that was spread for him; when immediately the flames and...dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to arise. He raised himself, with the assistance of two of his servants, for he was pretty fat, and instantly... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 Seiten
...they found the waves still run extremely high and boisterous. There Pliny, taking a draught or two of water, threw himself down upon a cloth which was spread...dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to arise. He raised himself, with the assistance of two of his servants, for he wai corpulent, and instantly... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 Seiten
...the waves still run extremely high and boisterous. There my uncle having drunk a draught or two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth which...them, dispersed the rest of the company and obliged them to arise. He raised himself up with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell... | |
| Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 Seiten
...waves still run extremely high and )oisterous. There, my uncle, after having drunk a draught >r two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth which was spread for him, when immediately the flames, md a strong smell of sulphur which was the forerunner of [hem, dispersed the rest of the company, and... | |
| Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 Seiten
...sail-cloth, which was spread for him; when, immediately, the flames, preceded by a strong smell of sulphur, dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself with the assistance of the servants, and instantly fell down dead ; suffocated, I suppose, by some... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 Seiten
...the waves still run extremely high and boisterous. There my uncle having drunk a draught or two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth which was spread for him, when immediately fhe flames and a strong smell of sulphur, which was the forerunner of them, dispersed the rest of the... | |
| the christians - 1836 - 426 Seiten
...but found the waves extremely high and boisterous. There my uncle having drank a draught or two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth which...for him, when immediately the flames and a strong iffiell of sulphur, which was the forerunner of them, dispersed the rest of the company and obliged... | |
| 1840 - 522 Seiten
...and boisterous. There Pliny, taking a draught or two of water, threw himself down upon a cloth that was spread for him ; when immediately the flames,...sulphur which was the forerunner of them, dispersed the, ïest of the company, and obliged him to arise. He raised himself, with the assistance of two of his... | |
| John Miley - 1843 - 382 Seiten
...the waves still ran extremely high and boisterous. There my uncle having drunk a draught or two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth which...which was the forerunner of them, dispersed the rest o the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up with the assistance of two of "his servants,... | |
| Wilhelm Wittich - 1845 - 432 Seiten
...the waves still running extremely high and boisterous. Here my uncle having drunk a draught or two of cold water, threw himself down upon a cloth, which...dispersed the rest of the company and obliged him to arise. He raised himself with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead,... | |
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