| Julia Kavanagh - 1858 - 344 Seiten
...particularly violent that night, that they not only shook everything about us, but seemed, indeed, to threaten total destruction. My mother flew to my...time, but eighteen years of age, I know not whether I should call my behaviour in this dangerous juncture courage or rashness, but I took up Livy, and amused... | |
| Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1859 - 510 Seiten
...particularly violent that night, that they not only shook every thing about us, but seemed, indeed, to threaten total destruction. My mother flew to my...I was, at that time, but eighteen years of age, I knew not whether I should call my behavior, in this dangerous juncture, rashness or courage ; but I... | |
| 1858 - 146 Seiten
...been shocks of an earthquake, but that night they were so violent as to shake everything about us, and seemed to threaten total destruction. My mother flew...belonging to the house, which separated the sea from the building. I took up Livy, and amused myself looking over the pages, as if we were in safety. While... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 Seiten
...violent this night, that they not only shook everything about us, but seemed indeed to threaten universal destruction. My mother flew to my chamber, where she found me rising, in order to awaken me. We went out into a small court belonging to the house, which separated the sea from the buildings.... | |
| Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1861 - 400 Seiten
...search of his mother, when she anticipated him by hastening to his chamber, and they went out together into a small court belonging to the house, which separated the sea from the buildings. The young Pliny was then but eighteen years old, and with the foolhardy courage of a boy he took up... | |
| Thomas Henry Dyer - 1867 - 630 Seiten
...not only shook everything about us, but seemed indeed to threaten total destruction. My mother flow to my chamber, where she found me rising, in order...her. We went out into a small court belonging to the housn, which separated the sea from the buildings. As I was at t lint time but eighteen years of age,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 Seiten
...this night, that they not only shook every thing about us, but seemed indeed to threaten universal destruction. My mother flew to my chamber, where she found me rising, in order to awaken me. We went out into a small court belonging to the house, which separated the sea from the buildings.... | |
| Thomas Henry Dyer - 1867 - 626 Seiten
...so particularly violent that night, that they not only shook everything about us, but seemed indeed to threaten total destruction. My mother flew to my chamber, where she found mo rising, in order to awaken her. Wo went out into a small court belonging to the houso, which separated... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1868 - 296 Seiten
...everything about us, but to threaten total ruin. My mother flew to my chamber, where she found me already rising in order to awaken her. We went out into a...small court belonging to the house, which separated it from the sea. As I was at that time but eighteen years of age, I know not whether my behaviour in... | |
| John Phillips - 1869 - 406 Seiten
...particularly violent that night, that they not only shook everything about us, but seemed, indeed, to threaten total destruction. My mother flew to my...time but eighteen years of age, I know not whether I should call my behaviour, in this dangerous juncture, courage or rashness : but I took up Livy, and... | |
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