 ... of the plain. Some of the inhabitants, through the terror of the night, could plainly discover it advancing like a moving hill. This was in fact the case; for the gush of mud carried before it through the first two or three hundred yards of its course,...  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 104by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802Full view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 654 pages
...hill. This was in fact the case; for the gush of mud carried before it through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a part of the breast-work...escape. Scarcely any thing was saved except their lives ; nothing of their furniture, few of their cattle. Some people were even surprised in their beds, and... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 316 pages
...hill. Tnis was in fact the case; for the gush\i{mud carried before it through the lirst two or three hundred yards of its course a part of the breast-work...a heavy fluid. One house after another, it spread around, filled, and crushed into ruin; just giving time to the terrified inhabitants to escape. Scarcely... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...the gush of mud carried before it, through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a pan of the breastwork, which, though low, was yet several...perpendicular height ; but it soon deposited this solid moss, and became a heavy fluid. One house after another it spread round, filled, and crushed into ruins,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...This was, in fact, the case ; for the gush of mud carried before it, through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a part of the breastwork,...another it spread round, filled, and crushed into ruins, just giving time to the terrified inhabitants to escape. Scarcely any thing was saved except... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1833 - 570 pages
...This was, in fact, the case ; for the gush of mud carried before it, through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a part of the breastwork,...perpendicular height ; but it soon deposited this solid mags, and became a heavy fluid. One house after another it spread round, filled, and crushed into ruins,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 338 pages
...and became a heavy fluid. One house after another it spread round, filled, and crushed into ruins, just giving time to the terrified inhabitants to escape. Scarcely any thing was saved except their lives ; nothing of their furnir ture, few of their cattle. This dreadful inundation, though the first shock... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 pages
...This was, in fact, the case ; for the gush of mud carried before it, through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a part of the breastwork,...after another it spread round, filled, and crushed int'i ruins, just giving time to the terrified inhabitants to escape. Scarcely any thing was saved... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 332 pages
...This was, in fact, the case; for the gush of mud carried before it, through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a part of the breastwork...another it spread round, filled, and crushed into ruins, just giving time to the terrified inhabitants to escape. Scarcely any thing was saved except... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...This was, in fact, the case ; for the gush of mud carried before it, through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a part of the breastwork...'low, was yet several feet in perpendicular height ; hut it soon deposited this «olid mass, and became a henvy iluid. One house after another it spread... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 544 pages
...This was, in fact, the case ; for the gush of mud carried before it, through the first two or three hundred yards of its course, a part of the breastwork,...another it spread round, filled, and crushed into ruins, just giving time to the terrified inhabitants to escape. Scarcely any thing was saved except... | |
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