 | 1852 - 702 pages
...hot. 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 pits they dig in the earth — where they wait the termination of this... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 666 pages
...longer appears, are hot the streets are deserted, and a dead silence pervades everywhere. 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... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Astronomy - 1854 - 360 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... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Poetry - 1855 - 620 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... | |
 | George William Fitch - History - 1856 - 276 pages
...hot. Tlie 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 deserts in their tents, or in pits they dig in the earth — where they wait the termination of this destructive heat. 403. " It... | |
 | George William Fitch - History - 1856 - 274 pages
...streets are deserted, and the dead silence of night reigns everywhere. The inhabitants of towncjjnd villages shut themselves up in their houses— and those of the deserts in their tents, or in pita they dig in the earth— where they wait the termination of this destructive heat. 403. " It usually... | |
 | George William Fitch - History - 1856 - 280 pages
...hot. 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 tho deserts in their tents, or in pits they dig in the earthwhere they wait the termination of this... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Agriculture - 1857 - 508 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 their tents, or in wells dug in the eaith, where they wait the termination of this destructive... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Kurtz - Astronomy in the Bible - 1859 - 438 pages
...increases to such an extent that one might fancy it was the depth of : night." According to other accounts, the inhabitants of the towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, sometimes in the lowest rooms, or even in the cellars, whilst dwellers in the desert take refuge in... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Kurtz - 1859 - 456 pages
...increases to such an extent that one might fancy it was the depth of night." According to other accounts, the inhabitants of the towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses, sometimes in the lowest rooms, or even in the cellars, whilst dwellers in the desert take refuge in... | |
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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... 
