 | Patrick Brydone - Malta - 1774 - 412 pages
...explofions of flaming rocks, &c. we muft allow, that the moft enthufiaftic imagination, in the midft of all 'its terrors, hardly ever formed an idea of a hell more dreadful. It It was with a mixture both of pleafure and pain, that we quitted this awful fcene. But the wind had... | |
 | Books - 1774 - 690 pages
...explofions of flaming rocks, &c. we mult allow, that the molt enthufiaftic imagination in the midfl of all its terrors, hardly ever formed an idea of a hell more dreadful.' . • • -.«i ..:» . /jut. What an exquifitedefcription has our ingenious Author given us of his... | |
 | Several Hands - 1774 - 622 pages
...explofions of flaming rocks, &c. v/e mull allow, that the mod enthufiaftic imagination, in the mill H of all its terrors, hardly ever formed an idea of a hell more dreadful.' What an exquifite defcription has our ingenious Author given us of his afccnt to the fummit of this... | |
 | 1788 - 742 pages
...we muft allow, that the moft enthufjadic imagination, in the mid ft of all it's terrors, hardlyevcr formed an idea of a hell more dreadful. It was with a mixture of both pleafure and pain, that we quitted this awful fcene ; but the wind had rifen very high, and... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - 1788 - 290 pages
...of flaming rocks,- &c. it mnft be allowed, that the moft moll enthufiaftic imagination, in the midft of all its terrors, hardly ever formed an idea of a hell more tremendous. The defcriptions given by the old Sicilian writer*, of the dimenfions of the crater of... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1792 - 382 pages
...ex.plofions of flaming rocks, &c. we muft allow, that the mod enthufiaflic imagination, in the midft of all its terrors, hardly ever formed an idea of...hell more dreadful. It was with a mixture both of pleafure and pain, that we quitted this awful fcene. But the wind had arifen very high, and clouds... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - Malta - 1806 - 422 pages
...explofions of flaming rocks, &c. we muft allow, that the moft enthufiaftic imagination, in the midft of all its terrors, hardly ever formed an idea of...hell more dreadful. It was with a mixture both' of pleafure and pain, that we quitted this awful fcene. But the wind had arifen very high, and clouds... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 346 pages
...matter, the shaking of the mountain, the explosion!, of flaming rocks, &c. we must allow, that the must enthusiastic imagination, in the midst of all its...that we quitted this awful scene. But the wind had arisen very high, and clouds began to gather round the mountain. In a short time they formed like another... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...those lavas to so great a height; the boiling of the matter, the shaking of the mountain, the explosion of flaming rocks, &c. we must allow, that the most...enthusiastic imagination, in the midst of all its terrors, .can hardly form an idea more dreadful. 15. The crater is so hot, that it is very dangerous, if not... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...accompaniments; the boiling of the matter, the shaking of the mountain, the explosions of flaming rocks, etc.; we must allow, that the most enthusiastic imagination,...hardly ever formed an idea of a hell more dreadful. .. " / were in hopes of seeing a thunder-storm under our feet: a scene that is not uncommon in these... | |
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... have issued ; the force of its internal fire, to raise up those lavas to so vast a height, to support as it were in the air, and even to force them over the very summit of the crater, with all the dreadful accompaniments ; the boiling of the matter,... 
