 | John Lewis Peyton - 1867 - 282 pages
...you indebted for this letter. " On the first day of the storm the sky was obscured by immense masses of clouds, surcharged with inflammable matter ; and...frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to show us the terrors of our situation, and leave us in greater darkness. " On the next morning, the... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1893 - 446 pages
...interview was the nineteenth of September, and before night the sky was obscured by great fleecy clouds, and in the evening the rain fell in torrents. The...still more horrible by the peals of thunder which made the sphere tremble, and the frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to show the horror... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 444 pages
...interview was the nineteenth of September, and before night the sky was obscured by great fleecy clouds, and in the evening the rain fell in torrents. The...still more horrible by the peals of thunder which made the sphere tremble, and the frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to show the horror... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1908 - 458 pages
...interview was the nineteenth of September, and before night the sky was obscured by great fleecy clouds, and in the evening the rain fell in torrents. The...still more horrible by the peals of thunder which made the sphere tremble, and the frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to show the horror... | |
 | George S. Jackson, Jacks - 1993 - 340 pages
...you indebted for this letter. " On the first day of the storm the sky was obscured by immense masses of clouds, surcharged with inflammable matter; and...frequent flashes of lightning, which served only to show us the terrors of our situation, and leave us in greater darkness. " On the next morning, the... | |
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On the 19th the sky was obscured by immense fleeces -of clouds, surcharged with inflammable matter : and in the evening the rain fell in torrents, the firmament darkened apace, sudden night came on, and the horrors of extreme darkness were rendered still... 
