| John Charnock - 1801 - 956 pągines
...stiled by the more early of the French writers.) ' It came flying tlirough die air,' says Joinvaie, « like a winged long-tailed dragon, about the thickness of an hogshead, with the report of thtmdcr, and thevelocity of lightening, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this deadly... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 368 pągines
...de Plraprimeiie Koyale, 1761. The former of thefe editions is precious for the nefs of an hogfhead, with the report of thunder and the velocity of lightning ; and the darknefs of the night was difpelled by this deadly illumination. The ufe of the Greek, or, as it might... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 pągines
...is styled by the more early of the French writers. It came flying through the air, says Joinville,18 like a winged long-tailed dragon, about the thickness...deadly illumination. The use of the Greek, or, as it might now be called, of the Saracen fire, was continued to the middle of the fourteenth century,*3... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 404 pągines
...dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder, and the velocity of lightuing ; and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this...deadly illumination. The use of the Greek, or, as it might now be called, of the Saracen fire, was continued to the middle of the fourteenth century," when... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 pągines
...flying through the air, says Joinville/ like a winged long-tailed dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder, and the velocity...deadly illumination. The use of the Greek, or, as it might now be called, the Saracen fire, was continued to the middle of the fourteenth century, 2 when... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pągines
...flying through the air, says Joinville, like a winged long-tailed dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder, and the velocity...deadly illumination. The use of the Greek, or as it might now be called, of the Saracen fire, was continued to the middle of the fourteenth century ; when... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1830 - 442 pągines
...flying through the air, says Joinville,(5) like a winged longtailed dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder, and the velocity...and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this dead(1) The naptha. the oleum incendiarum of the history of Jerusalem, Gest. Del per Francos, p. 1167.)... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 364 pągines
..." like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination." Not only the bold Demetrius and his pupil Lascaris, but all the crowd whom... | |
| 1832 - 650 pągines
..." like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination." ' Not only the bold Demetrius and his pupil Lascaris, but all the crowd whom... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 500 pągines
..." like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination." Not only the bold Demetrius and his pupil Lascaris, but all the crowd whom... | |
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