 | Patrick Brydone - 1773 - عدد الصفحات: 394
...fuperftition, give thefe appearances" la^ great a variety of forms ? Remember,3!' do not fay it is fo ; and hope yet to have it in my power to give you a better account of it. However, if you fhould fuppofe me' in this ftory, or in any future one I may tell you, to be inclined... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - 1780 - عدد الصفحات: 258
...fuperftition, give thefe appearances as great a variety of forms ? Remember, I do not fay it is fo; and hope yet to have it in my power to give you a better account of this matter. However, if you fhould fuppofe me in this ftory, or in any future one I may tell you, to be inclined to the fabulous,... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 892
...universe as gravity is in this age, or as the subtle fluid was in the last. The electrical fluid in thia country of volcanoes, is probably produced in a much...power to give you a better account of this matter." Ingenious as Brydone was, he here indulges a most unfortunate speculation, which, had he enjoyed the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 896
...Sicilian imaginations, animated by a belief in demons, and all the wild offspring of superstition, gire these appearances as great a variety of forms ? Remember,...power to give you a better account of this matter." Ingenious as Brydone was, he here indulges a most unfortunate speculation, which, had he enjoyed the... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 296
...variety of forms ? Remember, I do not say it is so ; and hope yet to have it in my power to give you a a better account of this matter. However, if you should...tell you, to be inclined to the fabulous, you will be pleased to remember that I am now in the country of fable; this island having given rise to more,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 566
...more than the fleet ; and, God knows, we are very weakly manned. Being in haste, I hope soon I shall have it in my power to give you a better account of this action. Besides the sixty-four and frigate being burnt, the Roebuck, which lay to cover them, we damaged... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 774
...satisfied with this short account of our affairs of the river and fleet. Being in haste, I hope soon shall have it in my power to give you a better account of this action. Besides the sixty-four and frigate being burnt, the Roebuck, who lay to cover them, we damaged... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 896
...nonsense, or at least very near it. I suspect it is something of the nature of our aurora borealis, and, like many of the great phenomena of nature, depends...power to give you a better account of this matter." Ingenious as Brydone was, he here indulges a most unfortunate speculation, which, had he enjoyed the... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - عدد الصفحات: 886
...future ages, I have little doubt, will be found to be as powerful an agent in regulating the universe. The electrical fluid in this country of volcanoes...power to give you a better account of this matter. The Strange Phenomenon Explained. Ingenious as Brydone was, he here indulges a most unfortunate speculation,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - عدد الصفحات: 886
...exceedingly agitated from below by the violence of the current and the impetuous whirling of the waters—may it not be supposed to produce a variety of appearances...power to give you a better account of this matter. The Strange Phenomenon Explained. Ingenious as Brydone was, he here indulges a most unfortunate speculation,... | |
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The air, strongly impregnated with this matter, and confined betwixt two ridges of mountains — at the same time exceedingly agitated from below by the violence of the current, and the impetuous whirling of the waters — may it not be supposed to produce... 
