 | Charles Morris - 1888 - 536 pages
...only of being aground by the sudden retreat of the sea, but also from the vast fragments that rolled down from the mountain and obstructed all the shore. Here he stopped to consider whether ho should return back again ; to which the pilot advising him, " Fortune," said he, "befriends the... | |
 | R. J.. Forbes - 1963 - 272 pages
...considering a moment whether he should retreat, he said to the captain who was urging that course: "Fortune befriends the brave; carry me to Pomponianus". Pomponianus was then at Stabiae (now Castel e Mar di Stabia), distant by half the width of the bay (for, as you know, the shore, insensibly... | |
 | Robert J. Forbes - 1964 - 276 pages
...considering a moment whether he should retreat, he said to the captain who was urging that course : "Fortune befriends the brave; carry me to Pomponianus". Pomponianus was then at Stabiae (now Castel e Mar di Stabia), distant by half the width of the bay (for, as you know, the shore, insensibly... | |
 | Forbes - 1966 - 278 pages
...considering a moment whether he should retreat, he said to the captain who was urging that course : "Fortune befriends the brave; carry me to Pomponianus". Pomponianus was then at Stabiae (now Castel e Mar di Stabia), distant by half the width of the bay (for, as you know, the shore, insensibly... | |
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... mountain, that the cinders, which grew thicker and hotter the nearer he approached, fell into the ships, together with pumice-stones, and black pieces of burning rock : they were likewise in danger, not only of being aground by the sudden retreat... 
