 When hastening to the place from whence others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so .much calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate...  Vesuvius - Page 16by John Phillips - 1869 - 355 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - Lawyers - 1807 - 424 pages
...more magnanimous principle of aiding the distressed. With this view, he ordered the fleet immediately to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Retina, but the several other towns which stood thick upon that beautiful coast. Hastening to the place, therefore,... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...more magnanimous principle of aiding the distressed. With this view, he ordered the fleet immediately to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Retina, but the several other towns which stood thick upon that beautiful coast. Hastening to the place, therefore,... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with an heroical lorn of mind. He ordered the galleys to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Rectina, but several others : for the villas stand extremely thick upon the beautiful coast. When hastening... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...magnanimous principle of aiding the distressed. " ' With this view he ordered the fleet immediately to put to sea, and went himself on board, with an intention of assisting, not only Retina, but the several other towns, which stood thick upon that beautiful coast. " ' Hastening to the place, therefore,... | |
 | Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pages
...what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with an heroical turn of mind. He ordered the galley to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Rectina, but several others; for the villas stand extremely thick upon that beautiful coast. When hastening... | |
 | Charles Room - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1828 - 108 pages
...what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with an heroical turn of mind. He ordered the gallies to put to sea, and went himself on board, with an intention of assisting, not •only Rectina, but several others ; for the villas .stand extremely thick upon that beautiful coast. When... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with an heroical turn of mind. He ordered the galleys to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Rectina, but several others ; for the villas stand extremely thick upon the beautiful coast. When hastening... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1836 - 354 pages
...what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with an heroical turn of mind. He ordered the galleys to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Rectina, but several others ; for the villas stand extremely thick upon that beautiful coast. When... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1841 - 664 pages
...what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with a heroic, turn of mind. He ordered the galleys to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Reclina, but several others ; for the villas stand extremely thick on that beautiful coast. When hastening... | |
 | John P. Hiester - Europe - 1845 - 298 pages
...and what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with a heroic turn of mind. He ordered the gallies to put to sea, and went himself on board with an intention of assisting not only Rectina, but several others ; for the villas stand extremely thick upon that beautiful coast. When... | |
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