 ... which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards ; or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight,...  Herculaneum and other poems - Pàgina 60per Charles Room - 1828 - 98 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Russell (painter.) - 1748 - 324 pàgines
...impelled it, the force " of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or " the cloud itfelf being prefied back again by its * ( own weight, expanded in this manner: it " appeared fometimes bright, and fometimes da,rk, c ^ and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs im" pregnated... | |
 | Midwife - 1750 - 302 pàgines
...impelled it, the Force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards; or the Cloud itfelf, being prefled back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner. It appeared fomethnes bright, and fometimes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with Earth... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1754 - 590 pàgines
...impelled it, the Force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the Cloud itfeJf being prefled back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner : It appeared fametimes bright, and fometimes dark and (potted, as it was morr or lefs impregnated with Earth and... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - 1757 - 390 pàgines
...impelled it, the force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the cloud it felf being prefled back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner : it appeared fometimes X 4 bright c About fix miles diftant from Naples.—This dreadful eruption happened AD 79,... | |
 | 1747 - 702 pàgines
...info Scrt of Blanches, occafioned, I imagine, cither by a ' .d it, the advanced itfelf being pelTed back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner: It appeared fomciimci bright, and fometiraes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with Earth... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 912 pàgines
...impelled it, the force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itfelf being preficd back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner ; it appeared fometimes bright and fometimes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with earth... | |
 | 1804 - 560 pàgines
...great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, and it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a noble phenomenon for the philosophic Pliny,... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1807 - 424 pàgines
...that the cloud, being pressed back by its own weight, expanded itself in the manner I have mentioned ; it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark....either more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This uncommon appearance excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 pàgines
...great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches ; and it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and...•more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a noble phaenomenon for the philosophic Pliny, who immediately ordered a light vessel to be... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pàgines
...that the cloud, being pressed back by its own weight, expanded itself in the manner I have mentioned : it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and...either more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This uncommon appearance excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He... | |
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