 In some places, immense fragments of rock, hurled upon the house-roofs, bore down along the streets masses of confused ruin, which yet more and more, with every hour, obstructed the way ; and as the day advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly...  Last Days of Pompeii - 178. oldalszerző: Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1835Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 oldal
...unsubstantial vapours were as the bodily forms of gigantic foes,—the agents of terror and of death. 3. The ashes in many places were already knee-deep ;...litter be kept steady, even on the most level ground. 4. Sometimes the huger stones, Striking against each other as they fell, broke into countless fragments,... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 448 oldal
...strong and suffocating vapour. In some places, immense fragments of rocks, hurled upon the house roofs, bore down along the streets masses of confused ruin,...advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt — the footing seemed to slide and creep, — nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 oldal
...the affrighted wanderers, the unsubstantial vapours were as the bodily forms of gigantic foes — the agents of terror and of death. The ashes in many places...advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt—- the footing seemed to slide and creep — nor could chariot or litter be kept steady even... | |
 | World - 1884 - 560 oldal
...In some places, immense fragments of rock, hurled upon the house roofs, bore down along the street masses of confused ruin, which yet more and more,...advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt — the footing seemed to slide and creep — nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 oldal
...strong and suffocating vapour. In some places, immense fragments of rock, hurled upon the house roofs, bore down along the streets masses of confused ruin,...advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt- — the footing seemed to slide and creep — nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 oldal
...In some places immense fragments of rock, hurled upon the houses' roofs, bore down along the street masses of confused ruin, which yet more and more, with every hour, obstructed the ./ay; and as the day advanced, the motion of the earth waa more sensibly felt—the footing seemed... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 oldal
...of the volcano forced their way into the houses, bearing with them a strong and suffocating vapor. In some places, immense fragments of rock, hurled...; and as the day advanced, the motion of the earth waswnore sensibly felt — the footing seemed to slide and creep — nor could chariot or litter be... | |
 | Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker - 1896 - 430 oldal
...strong and suffocating vapor. In some places, immense fragments of rock, hurled upon the house roofs, bore down along the streets masses of confused ruin,...advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt — the footing seemed to slide and creep — nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even... | |
 | 1897 - 328 oldal
...through the chasms of the distant mountain. ' The ashes, in many places, were already knee-deep; and in some places, immense fragments of rock, hurled...advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt; the footing seemed to slide and creep, nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even on the... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1898 - 596 oldal
...strong and suffocating vapor. In some places, immense fragments of rock, hurled upon the house roofs, bore down along the streets masses of confused ruin,...advanced, the motion of the earth was more sensibly felt, the footing seemed to slide and creep, — nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even on... | |
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