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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 Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science - Page 321
by Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818
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Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum: Or, Magazine of ..., Volume 2

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 - 1816 - 540 pages
...backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that they could not keep them stedfast, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea...its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it was certain at least, the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it....
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A Midsummer Day's Dream: A Poem

Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...convulsive motion of the earth; it is certain at least the b shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side, a...
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The picture gallery explored; or, An account of various ancient customs and ...

Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...we had ordered out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...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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Pompeii, Volume 1

William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 392 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side a black and dreadful cloud, bursting with an igneous...
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Pompeii, Volume 1

William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 354 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side a black and dreadful cloud, bursting with an igneous...
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Italy: a poem. With historical and classical notes

John Edmund Reade - 1838 - 584 pages
...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 us, not like that of a cloudy night, or " when there is no moon, but of a room...
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Rome, as it was Under Paganism, and as it Became Under the Popes

John Miley - 1843 - 382 pages
...ordered to be drawn out were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least, the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side (of the Bay towards Herculaneum and Vesuvius) a black...
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Notes of a Travel: Being a Journal of a Tour in Europe

John P. Hiester - 1845 - 298 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. On the other side a black and dreadful cloud, bursting with an igneous...
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The Story Book of Wonders

Mary Martha Sherwood - 1849 - 194 pages
...ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting...least, the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it. Ou the othnr side a black and dreadful cloud bursting with an igneous...
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