 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836 - 442 pàgines
...VESUVIU». '• Pliny the Elder was at that time with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired...unusual size and shape. He had just returned from enjoying the benefit of the sun ; and alter bathing in cold water, and taking a slight repast, was... | |
 | R. J.. Forbes - 1963 - 272 pàgines
...my acknowledgements. . . He was at the time with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud of a very unusual size and appearance. He had sunned himself, then taken a cold bath, and after a leisurely... | |
 | Forbes - 1966 - 278 pàgines
...my acknowledgements. . . He was at the time with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud of a very unusual size and appearance. He had sunned himself, then taken a cold bath, and after a leisurely... | |
 | Robert J. Forbes - 1964 - 276 pàgines
...my acknowledgements... He was at the time with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud of a very unusual size and appearance. He had sunned himself, then taken a cold bath, and after a leisurely... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1888 - 536 pàgines
...it. He was at that time with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 24th of August [79 AD], about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud that appeared of a very unusual size and shape. He had just returned from taking the benefit of the... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1850 - 706 pàgines
...fives an account of the first I eruption as seen by his father. ''Mr mother," he says, "desired nun to observe a cloud which appeared of a very unusual size and shape, and he immediately aiose and went on an eminence. I cannot give you a more exact description of its... | |
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He was, at that time, with the fleet under his command, at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud, which appeared of a very unusual size and shape. He had 324 just returned from taking the... 
