 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1873 - 340 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,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Fulton - 1874 - 332 pàgines
...considerable distance, they stood still in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that they could not be kept steady even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back... | |
 | 1877 - 844 pàgines
...a convenient distance from the city, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn...level ground, that we could not keep them steady. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motions... | |
 | University magazine - 1877 - 872 pàgines
...cist of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, wero so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the...level ground, that we could not keep them steady. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motions... | |
 | 1877 - 828 pàgines
...a convenient distance from the city, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were BO agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger) - 1878 - 466 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...supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll hack upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by 'he convulsive motion of the earth; it is certain... | |
 | Marlborough coll, nat. hist. soc - 1880 - 152 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...were so agitated backwards and forwards though upon level ground that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1880 - 136 pàgines
...got to some 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 shaken about, though on level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1887 - 364 pàgines
...the chariots which Pliny had ordered were so agitated backward and forward 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 Gee - 1895 - 336 pàgines
...open. Their chariots pitched backwards and forwards, though drawn out on level ground, and blocked 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,... | |
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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... 
