 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...  THE DUBLIN PENNY JOURNAL - Page 157by Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Julia Kavanagh - Italy - 1858 - 344 pages
...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.... | |
 | Jacob Bigelow - Medicine - 1859 - 472 pages
...convenient distance from the houses, we stood still in the midst of a most hazardous and tremendous scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn...even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth.... | |
 | Children's stories, English - 1858 - 146 pages
...crowds. Having 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...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 - Europe - 1859 - 510 pages
...Being got at a 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... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - Europe - 1860 - 520 pages
...drawn out were so agitated backward and forward, though upon the most level ground, that we could not m keep them/ steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth.... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1868 - 796 pages
...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,... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - Biography - 1861 - 400 pages
...out. When 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...even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Architecture, Greek - 1866 - 138 pages
...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...Being got to 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...could not keep them steady even by supporting them by large stones. 7. " The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1867 - 626 pages
...still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to bo drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that twe could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back... | |
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