| Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 Seiten
...servants, and instantly fell down dead, suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour. As soon as it was light again, which was not till...entire, and without any marks of violence upon it." No lava was emitted from Vesuvius upon this occasion, but the shower of sand, stones, and cinders,... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1862 - 524 Seiten
...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...accident, his body was found entire, and without any marke of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep... | |
| Wonders - 1866 - 400 Seiten
...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...marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture as that in which he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead. " During all this time my mother... | |
| Thomas Henry Dyer - 1867 - 630 Seiten
...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 - 1867 - 626 Seiten
...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... | |
| Zurcher, Margollé - 1868 - 326 Seiten
...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... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1868 - 574 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1868 - 720 Seiten
...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 - 1868 - 296 Seiten
...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 - 1869 - 610 Seiten
...servants, and instantly fell down dead ; suffocated, as 1 conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapor, having always had weak lungs, and frequently subjected...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... | |
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