 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
 | 1908 - 404 Seiten
...eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world together. Heavy showers 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." The mother and the son escaped,... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1908 - 524 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 overwhelmed and buried in the heap. I might boast that, during... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1909 - 532 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 stand up to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap. I might boast... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Francis Whiting Halsey - 1909 - 276 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 stand up to shake off, otherwise we should have been crusht aad buried in the heap. I might boast that,... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1909 - 470 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 stand up to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap. I might boast... | |
 | Edward Hutton - 1915 - 392 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... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1916 - 406 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 overwhelmed and buried in the heap. I might boast that, during... | |
 | Daniel Eddy - 2005 - 509 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... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836 - 442 Seiten
...fell at a distance from us. Here 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 ofl; otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap. At last this frightful darkness... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1888 - 536 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... | |
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