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" At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness,... "
The Buried Cities of Campania: Or, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Their History ... - Page 35
by William Henry Davenport Adams - 1868 - 282 pages
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The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine, Volume 1

Midwife - 1750 - 302 pages
...a glimmering Light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the Forerunner of an approaching Burft of Flames, (as in Truth it was) than the Return of Day ; however, the Fire fell at a Diflance from us : Then again we were immerfed in thick Darknefs ; and...
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The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks, Volume 1

Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - 1757 - 390 pages
...a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burft of flames, (as in truth it was) than the return of day : however, the fire fell at a diftance from us: then again we were immerfed in thick darknefs, and...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...actually in flames. At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to b« rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames (as in truth it was) than the return of day ; however, the fire fell at a distance from us: then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and...
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A Midsummer Day's Dream: A Poem

Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pages
...actually in flames. At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, (as in truth it was) than the return of day : however, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and...
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The Metropolitan: V. 1 (no. 1-12); Jan.-Dec. 1830

1830 - 570 pages
...actually in flames. At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather a fore-runner of an approaching burst of flames, (as in truth it was,) than the return of day: however, the fire fell at a distance from us: then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a...
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Notes of a Travel: Being a Journal of a Tour in Europe

John P. Hiester - 1845 - 298 pages
...actually in flames, At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a...
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Pompeii [by W. Clarke].

William Clarke (Architect) - 1847 - 636 pages
...actually in flames. At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire * An island twenty miles from Naples, now called Capri. •i- The Stoic and Epicurean...
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Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands

1850 - 418 pages
...actually in flames. At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a...
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Fragments of History: Narratives of Some of the Most Remarkable Events in ...

Henry Peter Dunster - 1850 - 372 pages
...actually in flames. At length a glimmer of light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire fell at a distance from us ; then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a...
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The Juvenile instructor and companion, Volumes 3-5

Young people - 1852 - 1022 pages
...length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approachin? burst of flames (as in truth it was) than the return of day": however, the fire fell at a distance from us. Then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a...
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