 | William Otter - 1824 - 700 pàgines
...of Vin de Grave, which was broke by the fall, and which proved a very unpleasant loss to us, being ready to faint with excessive thirst, fatigue, and...such as can be obliterated only with our lives. All I had seen of volcanic phenomena before did not lead me to expect such a spectacle as I then beheld.... | |
 | 1825 - 712 pàgines
...The following is a description of a visit which these travellers paid to the summit of Vesuvius. " To describe this sight is utterly beyond all human...the astonishment it produced ; and the sensations tbey felt in concert with me were such as can be obliterated only with our lives. All I had seen of... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 452 pàgines
...of vin de grave, which was broken in the fall, and which proved a very unpleasant loss to us, being ready to faint with excessive thirst, fatigue, and...such as can be obliterated only with our lives. All I had seen of volcanic phenomena before did not lead me to expect such a spectacle as I then beheld.... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 430 pàgines
...of vin de grave, which was broken in the fall, and which proved a very unpleasant loss to us, being ready to faint with excessive thirst, fatigue, and...with me then, shared in the astonishment it produced ; arid the sensations they felt in concert with me were such as can be obliterated only with our lives.... | |
 | 1838 - 274 pàgines
...of vin de grave, which was broken by the fall, and which proved a very unpleasant loss to us, being ready to faint with excessive thirst, fatigue, and...is utterly beyond all human ability. My companions shared in the astonishment it produced ; and the sensations they felt, in concert with me, were such... | |
 | George Clarke (F.S.A.) - 1833 - 358 pàgines
...and my hands scorched. Having once more rallied my forces, I proceeded on, and in about half an hour gained the chasm through which the lava had opened...is utterly beyond all human ability. My companions shared in the astonishment it produced ; and the sensations they felt, in concert with me, were such... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 354 pàgines
...and my hands scorched. Having once more rallied my forces, I proceeded on, and in about half an hour gained the chasm through which the lava had opened...is utterly beyond all human ability. My companions shared in the astonishment it produced ; and the sensations they felt, in concert with me, were such... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 358 pàgines
...and my hands scorched. Having once more rallied my forces, I proceeded on, and in about half an hour gained the chasm through which the lava had opened...is utterly beyond all human ability. My companions shared in the astonishment it produced ; and the sensations they felt, in concert with me, were such... | |
 | 1838 - 544 pàgines
...to us, being ready to faint with excessive thirst, fatigue, and heat. Having once more rallied roy forces, I proceeded on, and in about half an hour...is utterly beyond all human ability. My companions shared in the astonishment it produced ; and the sensations they felt, in concert with me, •were... | |
 | 1838 - 272 pàgines
...fatigue, and heat. Having once more rallied my forces, I proceeded on, and in about half an hour I sained the chasm through which the lava had opened itself...is utterly beyond all human ability. My companions shared in the astonishment it produced ; and the sensations they felt, in concert with me, were such... | |
| |
My companions, who were with me then, shared in the astonishment it produced; and the sensations they felt in concert with me, were such as can be obliterated only with our lives. All I had seen of volcanic phenomena before did not lead me to expect such... 
