 | Edward Gibbon - 1781 - 418 sider
...caught with the hand ; large veflels were ftranded on the mud ; and a curious fpeclator (i) amufed his eye, or rather his fancy, by contemplating the various -- ^ appearance of vallies and mountains, which had never, fmce the formation of the globe, been expofed to the fun. But... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 sider
...violent and destructive earthquake. The impression July 21st?' was communicated to the waters ; the shores of the Mediterranean were left dry, by the...fancy, by contemplating the various appearance of vallies and mountains, which had never, since the formation of the globe, been exposed to the sun.... | |
 | James Bicheno - 1808 - 376 sider
...earthquake. The impression (says Gibbon) was '* communicated to the waters; the shores of the Medi" terranean were left dry, by the sudden retreat of the " sea...fancy, " by contemplating the various appearance of vallies and " mountains, which had never, since the formation of the . globe, been exposed to the sun.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 464 sider
...July 21. earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters ; the shores of the Mediterranenn were left dry, by the sudden retreat of the sea. great...the hand large vessels were stranded on the mud, and 2 curious spectator" amused his eye, or rather hifancy, by contemplating the various appearaiu. of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 526 sider
...earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters : the shores of the Mediterranean were left dry, hy the sudden retreat of the sea ; great quantities of...large vessels were stranded on the mud ; and a curious spectator3 amused his eye, or rather his fancy, by contemplating the various appearance of valleys... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 468 sider
...shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters ; the shores of the Mediterranean were left dry, by the...large vessels were stranded on the mud ; and a curious spectitor, amused his eye, or rather his fancy, by contemplating the various appearance of valleys... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 486 sider
...shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters ; the shores of the Mediterranean were left dry, by the...mountains, which had never, since the formation of theglobe, been exposed to the sun. But the tide soon returned, with the weight of an immense and irresistible... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 604 sider
...shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters ; the shores of the Mediterranean were left dry, by the...were stranded on the mud ; and a curious spectator T amused his eye, or rather his fancy, by contemplating the various appearance of valleys and mountains,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 672 sider
...fish were caught with the hand ; large vessels were stranded on the mud ; and a curious spectator1 amused his eye, or rather his fancy, by contemplating...mountains, which had never, since the formation of the 1 Such is the bad taste of Ammianus, (xxvi. 10,) that it is not easy to distinguish his facts from... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1852 - 530 sider
...shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters ; the shores of the Mediterranean were left dry by the sudden...or rather his fancy, by contemplating the various appearances of valleys andmountains, which had never before, since the formation of the globe, been... | |
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In the second year of the reign of Valentinian and Valens, on the morning of the twenty-first day of July, the greatest part of the Roman world was shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters; the shores... 
