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" At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst ol 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,... "
Pompeii - Seite 48
von William Clarke (architect.) - 1836
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The Dublin Penny Journal, Band 4

1835 - 298 Seiten
...appeared, which we supposed to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames (which it really was) than the return of day ; however, the fire 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...
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Notes of a Travel: Being a Journal of a Tour in Europe

John P. Hiester - 1845 - 298 Seiten
...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....heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were every now and then obliged to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap....
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Curiosities of Physical Geography

Wilhelm Wittich - 1845 - 432 Seiten
...day. However the fire fell at a great distance from us, and then we were again immersed in darkness. A heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap. I supported...
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Pompeii [by W. Clarke].

William Clarke (Architect) - 1847 - 636 Seiten
...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 * An island twenty miles from Naples, now called Capri. •i- The Stoic and Epicurean philosophers...
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Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands

1850 - 418 Seiten
...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....every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should Y have been crushed and buried in the heap. I might boast that, during all this scene of horror, not...
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The natural history of pigeons

William Jardine, P. J. Selby - 1850 - 370 Seiten
...friend of my uncle's, who was just come forerunner of an approaching burst of flames (which it really was) than the return of day ; however, the fire 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...
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Sketches of European Capitals

William Ware - 1851 - 342 Seiten
...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. T^en again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we...
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Europa; or, Notes of a recent ramble through England, France, Italy and ...

Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1852 - 538 Seiten
...appeared, Which we imagined to be the forerunner of an unusual burst of flame, as in truth it was then the return of day. However, the 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, ever}' now...
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Nine considerations on eternity, from the Lat. by father Robert

Hieremias Drexelius - 1856 - 354 Seiten
...appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flame, (as in fact it was) than the return of day ; however the fire...and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been overwhelmed and buried in a heap. I might boa•4 that during all this scene of horror not a sigh or...
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Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1857 - 532 Seiten
...his family, some wishing to die from the very fear of dying At length a glimmering light appeared, then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and...and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been overwhelmed and buried in the heap At last this terrible darkness [caligo] was dissipated by degrees,...
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