 At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness,...  The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks - Seite 338von Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - 1757 - 322 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - 1856 - 340 Seiten
...fell at a distance from us. Then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap. I might boast that during... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1857 - 532 Seiten
...glimmering light appeared, then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been overwhelmed and buried in the heap At last this terrible darkness... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 Seiten
...fell at a distance from us. Then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in, the * In their ignorance of tho one... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1858 - 496 Seiten
...fell at a distance from us. Then again we were immersed in thick darkness, aud a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap At last this dreadful darkness... | |
 | Julia Kavanagh - 1858 - 344 Seiten
...at a distance from us ; then, again, we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed, and buried in the heap. I might boast, that during... | |
 | Jacob Bigelow - 1859 - 456 Seiten
...glimmering light appeared, then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been overwhelmed and buried in the heap. At last this terrible... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1859 - 510 Seiten
...fire fell at a distance from us. Then again we were enveloped in darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged, every now and then, to shake off; otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap. At last, this dreadful darkness... | |
 | 1858 - 146 Seiten
...at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed, and buried in the heap. " At last this dreadful darkness... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - 1867 - 626 Seiten
...fell at a distance from us. Then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shako off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap. I might boast that, during... | |
 | Jacob Bigelow - 1867 - 404 Seiten
...glimmering light appeared, . . . then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been overwhelmed and buried in the heap. ... At last this terrible... | |
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