 | 1781 - 100 pages
...the drearieft winter. In vain it was to look round for flielter ; houfes, that from their fuuation it was to have been imagined would have been in a...degree protected, were all flat with the earth, and the miferable owners, if they were fo fortunate as to efcape with their lives, were left without a covering... | |
 | History - 1781 - 732 pages
...drearieft winter. In vain Was it to look round for ihelter ; houfes, that from their fit u at ion it was imagined would have been in a degree protected, were all flat with the earth, and the miferable owners, if they were fo fortunate as to efcape with their lives, were left without a covering... | |
 | History - 1788 - 734 pages
...drearif-rl winter. In vain was it to look round tor uielt-r; houles, that from their Situation it was imagined would -have been in a degree protected, were all flat with the earth, and the miferable owners, if they were fo fortunate as to efcape with their lives, were lelt without a covering... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...to the drearieft winter. In vain was it to look round for (belter; houfes, that from their fituation it was to have been imagined would have been in a...degree protected, were all flat with the earth, and the miferable owners, if they were fo fortunate as to efcape with their lives, were left without a covering... | |
 | Thomas Southey - West Indies - 1827 - 568 pages
...branches; and the most luxuriant spring changed, in this one night, to the dreariest winter. In vain was it to look round for shelter: houses that, from their...secretary was so unfortunate as to break his thigh. form, it would have withstood the wind's utmost rage: however, by half after eleven o'clock they were... | |
 | Thomas Southey - West Indies - 1827 - 574 pages
...in this one night, to the dreariest winter. In vain was it to look round for shelter: houses diat, from their situation, it was to have been imagined...fortunate as to escape with their lives, were left withont a covering for themselves and family. General Vaughan was early obliged to evacuate his house;... | |
 | Frederic William Naylor Bayley - West Indies, British - 1830 - 1388 pages
...branches, and the most luxuriant spring changed in this one night to the dreariest winter. In vain was it to look round for shelter; houses, that from their...lives, were left without a. covering for themselves and families. * * * " Nothing has ever happened that has caused such Universal desolation. No one house... | |
 | Meteorology, Agricultural - 1899 - 562 pages
...most luxuriant spring changed in this one night to the dreariest winter. In vain was it to look around for shelter. Houses that, from their situation it...obliged to evacuate his house. In escaping he was mnch bruised. His secretary was so unfortunate as to break his thigh. "Nothing has ever happened that... | |
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... their roots, deprived of their leaves and branches; and the most luxuriant spring changed in this one night to the dreariest winter. In vain was it to look round for shelter; houses, that from their situation it was to have been imagined would have... 