 | Thomas Henry Dyer - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1867 - 630 pages
...conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light...this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, aud without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1867 - 626 pages
...conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light again, which was not till tho third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1868 - 574 pages
...conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light...fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead." Lib. vi. Up. 16. The Convent of Pozzano, founded by Gonsalvo de Cordova in the 16th cent., occupies... | |
 | Zurcher, Margollé - Earthquakes - 1868 - 326 pages
...conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light...fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.' HERCULANEUM AND POMPEII. The fall of pumice-stones at the beginning of the eruption shows that the... | |
 | Ireland - 1868 - 720 pages
...suffocated, as I suppose, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being subject to a difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light...was found entire and without any marks of violence on it, exactly in the same posture in which he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead."... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1868 - 296 pages
...some gross and noxious vapour, for his lungs had always been weak, and he had frequently suffered from difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light again,...melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and free from any sign of violence, exactly in the same posture that he fell, so that he looked more like... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - Literature - 1869 - 610 pages
...smell of sulphur, which was the forerunner of them, dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged- him to arise. He raised himself up with the assistance...fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead." DEATH OF JOHN RANDOLPH. JOHN RANDOLPH of Roanoke was near his end. Dr. sitting by the table, and his... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1869 - 296 pages
...some gross and noxious vapour, for his lungs had always been weak, and he had frequently suffered from difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light again,...melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and free from any sign of vio(i»») 3 32 PLINY THE YOUNGER. lence, exactly in the same posture that he... | |
 | John Phillips - Vesuvius (Italy). - 1869 - 458 pages
...conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing. 'As soon as it was light...till the third day after this melancholy accident [Ubi dies redditus, is ab eo quem novissime viderat tertius], his body was found entire, and without... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - English language - 1872 - 364 pages
...conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing. As soon as it was light...fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead. — PLINY, Letters. 121. Vesuvius, AD 79. There had been, for many days before, some shocks of an earthquake,... | |
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As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture as that in which he fell, and looking more like a man asleep... 
