 | John Russell (painter.) - 1748 - 324 pages
...impelled it, the force " of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or " the cloud itfelf being prefied back again by its * ( own weight, expanded in this manner: it " appeared fometimes bright, and fometimes da,rk, c ^ and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs im" pregnated... | |
 | Midwife - 1750 - 302 pages
...impelled it, the Force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards; or the Cloud itfelf, being prefled back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner. It appeared fomethnes bright, and fometimes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with Earth... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1754 - 590 pages
...impelled it, the Force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the Cloud itfeJf being prefled back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner : It appeared fametimes bright, and fometimes dark and (potted, as it was morr or lefs impregnated with Earth and... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - 1757 - 390 pages
...impelled it, the force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the cloud it felf being prefled back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner : it appeared fometimes X 4 bright c About fix miles diftant from Naples.—This dreadful eruption happened AD 79,... | |
 | 1747 - 702 pages
...info Scrt of Blanches, occafioned, I imagine, cither by a ' .d it, the advanced itfelf being pelTed back again by its own Weight, expanded in this Manner: It appeared fomciimci bright, and fometiraes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with Earth... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 912 pages
...impelled it, the force of which decreafed as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itfelf being preficd back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner ; it appeared fometimes bright and fometimes dark and fpotted, as it was either more or lefs impregnated with earth... | |
 | 1804 - 560 pages
...great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, and it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This was a noble phenomenon for the philosophic Pliny,... | |
 | C. Gros - 1818 - 492 pages
...form of a* trunk", which extended itself at the top into a* sort of branches, occasioned", I imagine, by a sudden gust" of air that impelled it, the force...upwards)"; or the cloud itself, being (pressed back again)-'7 by its ova weight, expanded in this manner; it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark... | |
 | Charles Room - 1828 - 108 pages
...the top into a sort of branches ; occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that upheld it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards...either more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. — Melawth's Translation of Pliny's Letters, Book VI. Let. 16. 3. " Fortune," cried'st tJiou, as he... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 358 pages
...that Gods cin thus confound." which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches ; occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled...sometimes Bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical... | |
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... which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight,... 
