 It is not smooth and even like the greatest part of the latter ; but is finely variegated by an infinite number of those beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of JEtna.  the monthly review - Page 117by Several Hands - 1774Full view - About this book
 | Patrick Brydone - Malta - 1773 - 394 pages
...number of thefe beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of Jitna. All thefe have now acquired a Wonderful degree of...certainly requires fome thoufands to bring them to their greateft degree of perfection. We looked down into the craters of thefe, and attempted, but in vain,... | |
 | Books - 1774 - 690 pages
...cumber of thefe beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions " of j£tna. All thefe have now acquired a wonderful degree of...thefe, and attempted, but in vain, to number them. 1 The circumference of this zone, or great circle on .(Etna, is not lefs than. 70 or 80 miles. It is... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - Malta - 1774 - 412 pages
...number of thofe beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of jEtna. All thefe have now acquired a wonderful degree of...certainly requires fome thoufands to bring them to their greateft degree of perfection. We looked clown into the craters of thefe, and attempted, but in vain,... | |
 | 1788 - 742 pages
...thole bedii'iful little mountains dial have Lcen formed by the different eruptions of /Etna. All thcfr have now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility,...five or fix hundred years; for it certainly requires many hundreds of years to bring them to their greatc.fr. degree of perfection. The circumference of... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1792 - 382 pages
...beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of ^Etna. All thefe ha\«e now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility, except...; that is, within thefe five or fix hundred years : foritcertainlyrequiresfome thoufands to bring them to theirgreateft degree of perfedr-ion. We looked... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - Malta - 1806 - 422 pages
...different eruptions of JEtnz. All thefe have now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility, except a'very few that are but newly formed ; that is, within thefe...certainly requires fome thoufands to bring them to their greateft degree of perfection. We looked down into the craters of thefe, and attempted, but in vain,... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 346 pages
...those beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of Mtitti. All these have now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility,...very few that are but newly formed ; that is, within these five or six hundred years : for it certainly requires some thousands to bring them to their greatest... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...those beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of JEtna.. All these have now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility,...very few that are but newly formed, that is, within these two or three hundred years : for it certainly requires some thousands to bring them to their... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 404 pages
...those beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of JEtna.. All these have now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility,...very few that are but newly formed, that is, within these two or three hundred years : for it certainly requires some thousands to bring them to their... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...those beautiful little mountahis that have been formed by the different eruptions 01' ./Etna. All these have now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility,...very few that are but newly formed ; that is, within these five or six hundred years ; for it certainly requires some thousands to bring them to their greatest... | |
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