 | Robert Bakewell - 1815 - Počet stránok 562
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - Počet stránok 470
...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... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - Počet stránok 414
...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... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1832 - Počet stránok 820
...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 - Počet stránok 604
...down and for ever disappeared, leaving a lake of water in the place. Such was the fate of Euphemia in Calabria, in 1638, as described by Kircher, who...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 - Počet stránok 656
...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 - Počet stránok 164
...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... | |
 | William Mullinger Higgins - 1836 - Počet stránok 514
...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... | |
 | 1836 - Počet stránok 422
...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... | |
 | 1840 - Počet stránok 534
...but my attention was quickly turned from more remote to contiguous danger, by a deep rumbling sound,f which every moment grew louder. The place where we...putrid lake was to be seen, where the city once stood." Changes in the relative levels of the land, are common occurrences in volcanic countries. On the western... | |
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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... 
