 | Robert Bakewell - 1815 - 562 pages
...obliged him to land, at Lopizicum : " Here (says he) scenes Hi ruin every u here appeared around me ; hut my attention was quickly turned from more remote to...springs and lakes in distant parts of the world, is trulv remarkable. During the earthquake of Lisbon in ] 755, almost all the springs and lakes in Britain... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...cloud was passed away : then, turning to look for the city, it was totally sunk. Wonderful to tell ! nothing but a dismal and putrid lake was to be seen where it stood. We looked about to find some one, that could tell us of it's sad catastrophe, but could see... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...cloud was passed away : then turning to look for the city, it was totally sunk. Wonderful to tell ! nothing but a dismal and putrid lake was to be seen where it stood. We looked about to find some one that could tell us of its sad catastrophe, but could see... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1832 - 820 pages
...ceased. I stood up, and turning my eyes to Euphemia, saw only a frightful black cloud. We waited till it passed away, when nothing but a dismal and putrid lake was to be seen where the city once stood." If such are the effects of earthquakes, it is not surprising that the inhabitants of those countries... | |
 | Robert Bakewell - 1833 - 604 pages
...greater or less violence, which, for a considerable time, continue to agitate the surface of the earth. During these shocks, large chasms and openings are...and lakes in distant parts of the world, is truly 10markable. During the earthquake of Lishon, in 1775, almost all the springs and lakes in Britain,... | |
 | Robert Bakewell - 1833 - 656 pages
...who was approaching the place, when the agitation of the ocean obliged him to land at Lopizicuin. " Here," says he, " scenes of ruin every where appeared...putrid lake was to be seen where the city once stood." * It has been observed during many earthquakes in the Eastern States, thnt the subterranean noise and... | |
 | William Williams Mather - 1833 - 164 pages
...for Kupliemia, saw only n frightful black cloud. We waited till it had passed avray, when nothing hut a dismal and putrid lake was to be seen where the city onre stood." A shock rarely lasts more than a minute, but often there is a succession of shocks, with... | |
 | 1836 - 422 pages
...ceased. I stood up, and turning my eyes to Euphemia, saw only a frightful black cloud. We waited till it passed away, when nothing but a dismal and putrid lake was to be seen where the city once stood." Humboldt ha» described, with his characteristic energy, the feelings which are experienced by an individual... | |
 | William Mullinger Higgins - 1836 - 514 pages
...ceased. I stood up, and turning my eyes to Euphemia, saw only a frightful black cloud. We waited till it passed away, when nothing but a dismal and putrid lake was to be seen where the city once stood.'* Humboldt has described, with his characteristic energy, the feelings which are experienced by an individual... | |
 | Robert Bakewell - 1839 - 664 pages
...a moment sunk down and forever disappeared, leaving a lake of water in the place. Such was the late of Euphemia, in Calabria, in 1638, as described by...truly remarkable. During the earthquake of Lisbon. in 1*5* almost all the springs and lakes in Britain, and in every part ol Europe, were violently agitated,... | |
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scenes of ruin every where appeared around me : but my attention was quickly turned from more remote to contiguous danger, by a deep rumbling sound, which every moment grew louder. The place where we stood shook most dreadfully. After some time, the... 
