| John Russell (painter.) - 1748 - 324 pages
...and obferved behind us a thick " fmoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. •« I propofed while we had yet any light, to turn " out of the high road, left we mould be prefled « " to death in the dark, by the crowd that " followed. " We had fcarce fteped... | |
| Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - Latin letters - 1757 - 390 pages
...head, and obferved behind us a thick fmoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. I propofed while we had yet any light, to turn out of the high road, left me mould be prefled to death in the dark, by the crowd that followed us. We had fcarce fteped... | |
| Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...after them. Pliny proposed, while they had any light, to turn out of the high road, lest IMS mother should be pressed to death in the dark, by the crowd that followed them; and they had scarcely stepped out of the path when utter darkness entirely overspread them. Nothing... | |
| Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...Naples, now called Capri. • « my head, and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. I proposed, while we had yet any light, to turn out ef the high road, lest she should be pressed to death in the dark, by the crowd that followed us. We... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 540 pages
...after them. Pliny proposed, while they had any light, to turn out of the high road, lest his mother should be pressed to death in the dark, by the crowd that followed them : and they had scarce stepped out of the path, when utter darkness •ntirely overspread them.... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...after us like a torrent. I proposed, while we bad yet any light, to turn out of the high road, lest we should be pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when a darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or... | |
| Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 590 pages
...no great quantity. 1 turned my head, and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. I proposed, while we had yet any light, to turn out of the high road, lest we should be pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out... | |
| Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pages
...no great quantity. I turned my head and observed behind us a thick 'smoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. I proposed while we had yet any...in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when a darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or... | |
| Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...no great quantity. I turned my head, and observed behind me a thick smoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. I proposed, while we had yet any...the high road, lest she should be pressed, to death by the crowd that followed us. " ' We had scarcely stepped out of the path when darkness overspread... | |
| 1830 - 570 pages
...observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. I proposed while we had yet light, to turn out of the high road, lest she should be put to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, than... | |
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