 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1852 - 538 pàgines
...convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out were so agitated backward and forward, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by... | |
 | Edward MacDermott - 1854 - 236 pàgines
...a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still in the midst of a most dangerous nnd dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn...steady, even by supporting them with large stones. Tha sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the con- / vulsive motion... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 pàgines
...scene. Their chariots pitched backward and forward, though drawn out on level ground, and blocked up with large stones ; the sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven upon its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; and many sea animals were left upon the shore,... | |
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - 1856 - 344 pàgines
...a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out were agitated backwards and forwards though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 pàgines
...a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots, which we had ordered to be drawn...upon the most level ground, that we could not keep diem steady cvon by supporting them by large stones. 7. " The sea seemed to roll back upon itself,... | |
 | Julia Kavanagh - 1858 - 344 pàgines
...from the houses, we stood still in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The etariots, which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though in the open fields, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones.... | |
 | 1858 - 146 pàgines
...got to a distance from the buildings, we stood still in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn...were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon level ground, that we could not keep them steady. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1859 - 510 pàgines
...convenient distance from, the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a mo«t dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out were so agitated backward and forward, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 796 pàgines
...chariots which Pliny had ordered were so agitated backwards and forwards that it was impossible to keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea was rolled back upon itself, and many marine animals were left dry upon the shore. On the side of Vesuvius,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1866 - 138 pàgines
...still in the midst of a scene of peril and horror. The chariots which they had ordered to be prepared were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that they could not be supported even by steadying them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon... | |
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Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that... 
