 | Pliny (the Younger) - 1878 - 466 Seiten
...one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die, from the very fear of dying; some lifting their hands to the gods; but the greater part convinced that there were now no gods at all, and that the final endless night of which we have heard... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 330 Seiten
...family ; some wishing to die from the fear of dying ; some lifting up their hands to the gods ; find the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy both the woilcl and the gods together." Before the eruption ceased, Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 Seiten
...one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family; some wishing to die, from the very fear of dying; some lifting their hands to the gods; but the...last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy both the gods and the world together. ». Among these, there were some who augmented tr real terrors... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1880 - 136 Seiten
...wishing to die in their very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods in supplication ; but the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come which should destroy heaven and earth together. There were also some who augmented the real terrors by fictitious... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1887 - 364 Seiten
...some wished to die, that they might escape the dreadful fear of death ; but the greater part imagined that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world together. " At length a light appeared, which was not, however, the day, but the forerunner of an outburst of... | |
 | S. Russell Forbes - 1893 - 196 Seiten
...wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but the greaterpart imagining that the last and eternal night was come which was to destroy both the gods and the world together. Among these there were some who augmented the real terrors by... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1902 - 524 Seiten
...one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but...to destroy the gods and the world together. Among them were some who augmented the real terrors by imaginary ones, and made the frighted multitude believe... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1904 - 462 Seiten
...some wished to die, that they might escape the dreadful fear of death ; but the greater part imagined that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world together." At length a light appeared, which was not, however, the day, but the forerunner of an outburst of flames.... | |
 | Cecil Fairfield Lavell - 1905 - 276 Seiten
...voices; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying; some lifting their hands to the gods; but the...which was to destroy the gods and the world together." Yet the darkness lifted. Misenum, though strewn with ashes and cinders, was spared. Those who had fled... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1905 - 502 Seiten
...one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die, from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but the greater part convinced that there were now no * An island near Naples, r ow called Capri. M. LBTTER 20.] THE LETTEBS... | |
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... women, the screams of children and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family... 
