 | 1812 - 1020 pages
...the sea, with biack sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilh, cinders, scoria, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It was not until the afterternoon that the muttering noise of tlie mountain sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious... | |
 | 1812 - 760 pages
...an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole Island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria,...were the particulars of this sublime and tremendous »cene, from the commencement to the catastrophe ! To describe the effects is, if possible, a more... | |
 | 1812 - 572 pages
...was only visible at eight o'clock ; and the birth of May dawned like the day of judgment. The whole island was Covered with favilla, cinders, scoria, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It waa not until the afternoon, the muttering noise of the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious... | |
 | 1813 - 1082 pages
...an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black slugpish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria,...masses of volcanic matter. It •was not until the aftervioon that the muttering noise of the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn but suspicious silence.... | |
 | 1813 - 818 pages
...over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered '.vitli favilla, cinders, scoria, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It was not until the afternoon that the muttering noise ef the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious silence. Such... | |
 | Antonio de Alcedo - 1814 - 654 pages
...an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria,...afternoon the muttering noise of the mountain sunk fradually into a solemn yet suspicious silence, uch were the particulars of this sublime and tremendous... | |
 | 1818 - 384 pages
...impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black, sluggish clouds, of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria,...of volcanic matter. It was not until the afternoon that the muttering noise of the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious silence. Such... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1818 - 774 pages
...black sluggish clouds hung over the sea. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoriae, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It was not until the afternoon that the muttering noise of the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn silence." The mountain continued... | |
 | 1820 - 494 pages
...an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria,...a more difficult and truly most distressing task. The phenomena occasioned by this convulsion of nature in the island of Barbadoes, are described in... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...with black sluggish clouds of a <uJpbureous cast. The whole island was covered with cinders, scoriae, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It was not until the afternoon, that the muttering noise of the mountains sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious silence. Such... | |
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... terrific. Darkness was only visible at eight o'clock; and the birth of May dawned like the day of judgment : a chaotic gloom enveloped the mountain, and an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The... 
