 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1804 - 374 pages
...thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place. At the same time a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it, (all likewise full of people, who had retired thither for the same purpose,) were all swallowed up, as in... | |
 | 1818 - 384 pages
...thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place ; at the same time a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it (all likewise full of people, who had retired thither for the same purpose), were all swallowed up, as in... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place: at the same time a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it, (all likewise full of people, who had retired thither for the same purpose,) were all swallowed up, as in... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...safety, as a spot where they might be beyond the reach of falling ruins; but, suddenly, the quay sank down with all the people on it, and not one of the...it, all full of people, were swallowed up, as in a whirlpool.t No fragments of these wrecks ever rose again to the surface, and the water in the place... | |
 | Maria Hack - Geology - 1839 - 464 pages
...flattered themselves they should be safe ; but suddenly the quay went down with all the people upon it, and not one of the dead bodies ever floated to the surface. You know that when vessels founder at sea, it is very dangerous to be near the wreck while it is going... | |
 | John Davenport - 1839 - 520 pages
...thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place : at the same time a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it (all likewise full of people who had retired thither for the same purpose) were all swallowed up, as in... | |
 | Europe - 1847 - 568 pages
...thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place: at the same time a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it (all likewise full of people, who had retired thither for the same purpose), were all swallowed up, as in... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place : at the same time, a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it, (all likewise full of people, who had retired thither for the same purpose,) were all swallowed up, as in... | |
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - Astronomy - 1848 - 336 pages
...fled to this quay, as a spot where they might be safe from the falling ruins, when suddenly it sank down, with all the people on it, and not one of the bodies ever rose to the surface, and a great number of boats, and small vessels, anchored at the quay... | |
 | Henry Peter Dunster - Children's literature - 1850 - 372 pages
...thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place ; at the same time a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it (all likewise full of people, who had retired thither for the same purpose), were all swallowed up, as in... | |
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... swallowed up, with all the people on it, who had fled thither for safety, and had reason to think themselves out of danger in such a place: at the same time a great number of boats and small vessels, anchored near it, (all likewise full of people,... 
