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" 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 Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks - Page 343
by Pliny (the Younger.) - 1807
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Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum: Or, Magazine of ..., Volume 2

Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...the most level ground, that they could not keep them even by supporting them with large stone*. The The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be...its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth; it 'was certain at least, that the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 25

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 540 pages
...the houses, they stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots, they had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards...forwards, though upon the most level ground, that they could not keep them stedfast, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, A Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1

Edward T W. Polehampton - Astronomy - 1815 - 568 pages
...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...driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the ea; th ; it is certain at least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea-animals were left...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...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 in the open fields, tltat we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones....
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The picture gallery explored; or, An account of various ancient customs and ...

Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...stood still, in the midst of a most hazardous and tremendous scene. The chariots which we had ordered out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though...seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from the banks by the convulsive motion of the earth: it is certain, at least, that the shore was considerably...
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THE CHRISTIAN'S PENNY MAGAZINE

the christians - 1836 - 426 pages
...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 in the open held, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The...
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Italy: a poem. With historical and classical notes

John Edmund Reade - 1838 - 584 pages
...with burning craters, now extinguished for want of fuel." LXIX. Where all was night : " The chariots we had ordered to be drawn out, were so " agitated backwards and forwards, that we could not keep " them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. " Darkness overspread...
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Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands

Antiquities - 1850 - 418 pages
...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...keep them steady, even by supporting them with large ftones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive...
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Fragments of History: Narratives of Some of the Most Remarkable Events in ...

Henry Peter Dunster - Children's literature - 1850 - 372 pages
...convenient distance from the houses, we stood still in the midst of a most dangeious and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out were...forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could mot keep them steady even by supporting them with large ston«s. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself,...
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The Juvenile instructor and companion, Volumes 3-5

Young people - 1852 - 1022 pages
...midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out were agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most...could not keep them steady even by supporting them by large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive...
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