 ... they heaped up therein heath, stubble, and such like combustible matter, which were severally set on fire upon the approach of the locusts. But this was all to no purpose ; for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished -by infinite...  The Lives of Celebrated Travellers - Page 44by James Augustus St. John - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Shaw - 1757 - 590 pages
...retreat was altogether impoffible. A day or two after one of thefe broods was in motion, others weie already hatched to march and glean after them, gnawing off the very bark, and the young branches of fuch trees, as had before efcaped with the lofs only of their fruit and foliage. So juftly have they... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 330 pages
...filled up, and the fires put out by infinite swarms succeeding one another ; whilst the trout seemed regardless of danger, and the rear pressed on so close that a retreat was impossible. After one of these bodies had been in motion for a day or two, others were hatched to glean... | |
 | Thomas Shaw - 1808 - 516 pages
...the locusts. But this was all to no purpose ; for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished -by infinite swarms succeeding one another...young branches of such trees as had before escaped irith the loss only of their fruit and foliage. So justly have they been compared by the prophet Joel... | |
 | James Macknight - 1809 - 544 pages
...the locusts But this was all to no purpose, for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished by infinite swarms succeeding one another,...impossible. A day or two after one of these broods were in motion, others were already hatched to march and glean after them, gnawing off the very bark,... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1814 - 886 pages
...rear prefled on fo cloie, that a retreat was altogether impoflible. A day or two after one of thefe broods was in motion, others were already hatched...gnawing off the very bark and the young branches of fuch trees as had before efcaped with the lofs only of their fruit and foliage. So juftly have they... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1823 - 556 pages
...into our very houses and bed-chambers, like so many thieves. A day or two after one of these hordes was in motion, others were already hatched to march and glean after them. Having lived near a month in this manner they arrived at their full growth, and threw off their nympha-state... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1824 - 604 pages
...the locusts. But this was all to no purpose, for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished by infinite swarms succeeding one another,...impossible. A day or two after one of these broods were in motion, others were already hatched to inarch and glean after them, gnawing off the very bark,... | |
 | 1828 - 580 pages
...the locusts. But this was all to no purpose, for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished by infinite swarms succeeding one another,...impossible. A day or two after one of these broods were in motion, others were already hatched to march and glean after them, gnawing off the very bark,... | |
 | 1828 - 588 pages
...the locusts. But this was all to no purpose, for the trenches were quickly fill ed up, and the fires extinguished by infinite swarms succeeding one another,...and the rear pressed on so close, that a retreat was altogeth er impossible. A day or two after one of these broods were in motion, others were already... | |
 | James Rennie - 1830 - 448 pages
...fires put out, by immense swarms that succeeded each other. " A day or two after one of these hordes was in motion, others were already hatched to march and glean after them. Having lived near a month in this manner, they arrived at their full growth, and threw off their nympha-state... | |
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