| James Hardie - 1802 - 486 páginas
...with the utmost terror and precipitation ; yet he was clothed with that philosophic composure, that calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations on the motion, figure, and effervescence of that dreadful eruption. He sailed so near the mountain,... | |
| 1804 - 560 páginas
...extremely thick upon that beautiful coast. He steered directly to the point of danger, whence others fled with the utmost terror; and with so much calmness...motion and figure of that dreadful scene. He went so nigh the mountain, that the cinders, which grew thicker and hotter the nearer he approached, fell into... | |
| Pliny (the Younger.) - 1807 - 424 páginas
...from whence others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as...able to make and dictate his observations upon the appearance and progress of that dreadful scene. He was now so near the mountain, that the cinders,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 páginas
...situated upon that beautiful coast. He steered directly to the point of danger, whence ethers fled with the utmost terror ; and with so much calmness...motion and figure of that dreadful scene. He went so nigh the mountain, that the cinders, which grew thicker and hotter the nearer he approached, fell into... | |
| Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 páginas
...from whence others fled with the utmost terror, be steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate bis observations upon the appearance and progress of that dreadful scene. He was now so near the mountain,... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 páginas
...from which others fled with the utmost terror, lie steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as...upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene. He was now so nigh the mount, mi that the cinders, which grew thicker and hotter the nearer he approached,... | |
| Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 590 páginas
...from which others fled with the utmost terror, he steered bis direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate bis observations upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene. He was now so nigh the mountain... | |
| Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 páginas
...from whence others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as...upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene. He was now so nigh the mountain, that the cinders, which grew thicker and hotter the nearer he approached,... | |
| Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 páginas
...from which others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of. danger; and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as...able to make and dictate his observations upon the appearance and progress of that dreadful scene. He was now so near the mountain, that the cinders,... | |
| Sarah Atkins - 1825 - 178 páginas
...flee with the utmost precipitation, he steered his course with so much calmness, and such admirable presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations on the figure and motion of that portentous cloud. He soon, however, found himself in a critical situation... | |
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