 | Thomas Dick - Atmosphere - 1799 - 200 pages
...heat. The streets are deserted, and the dead silence of night reigns everywhere. The inhabitants of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the desert in their tents, or in wells dug in the earth, where they wait the termination of this destructive... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1809 - 288 pages
...streets are deserted, and the. dead silence of night reigns every where. The inhahitants of houses and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the desert in their tents, or in pits they dig in the earth, where they wait the termination of this destructive... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...hot The streets are deserted, and the dead silence of night reigns every where. The inhabitants of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the desert in tlieir tents, or in wells dug in the earth, where they wait the termination of this destructive... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1821 - 296 pages
...The streets are deserted, and the dead silence of night reigns every where. The inhabitants of houses and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the desert in their tents, or in pits they dig in the earth, where they wait the termination of this destructive... | |
 | Job (the patriarch), John Fry - Bible - 1827 - 630 pages
...southerly direction." " The streets are deserted, and the dead silence of night reigns everywhere. The inhabitants of the towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the desert in their tents, or in pits they dig in the earth, where they wait the termination of this destructive... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 400 pages
...appears, are hot : the streets arc deserted, and a dead silence appears every where. The natives of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the desert in tents, or holes dug in the earth, where they wait the termination of this heat, which generally... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Africa - 1831 - 362 pages
...The streets are deserted, and the dead silence of night reigns every where. The inhabitants of houses and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the desert in their tents, or in pits they dig in the earth, where they wait the termination of this destructive... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1831 - 510 pages
...appears, are hot : the streets are deserted, and a dead silence appears every where. The natives of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the deserts in tents, or holes dug in the earth, where they wait the termination of this heat, which generally lasts... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 pages
...appears, are hot : the streets are deserted, and a dead silence appears every where. The natives of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the deserts in tents, or holes dug in the earth, where they wait the termination of this heat, which generally lasts... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1836 - 472 pages
...appears, are hot : the streets are deserted, and a dead silence appears every where. The natives of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, and those of the deserts in tents, or holes dug in the earth, where they wait the termination of this heat, which generally lasts... | |
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In vain is coolness sought for ; all bodies in which it is usual to find it deceive the hand that touches them. Marble, iron, water, notwithstanding the sun no longer appears, are hot. The streets are deserted, and the dead silence of night reigns every... 
