| Patrick Brydone - 1774 - 412 páginas
...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. ter. However, if you fhould fuppofe me in this ftory, or, in any future one 1 may tell you, to be inclined... | |
| Patrick Brydone - 1806 - 422 páginas
...thefe appearances as great a variety of forms? Remember, I do not fay it is fo ; and hope yet to liave it in my power to give you a better account of .this matter. However, if you mould fuppofe me in this ftory, or in any future one I may tell you^ to be inclined to the fabulous,... | |
| 1829 - 570 páginas
...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 - 1848 - 892 páginas
...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... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1853 - 586 páginas
...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 - 774 páginas
...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 - 896 páginas
...it is reflected. This, I think, is nonsense, or at least very near it. I suspect it is something of the nature of our aurora borealis, and, like many...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 - 886 páginas
...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 - 886 páginas
...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,... | |
| United States. Naval History Division - 1964 - 1382 páginas
...them more than the Fleet, & God knows we are very weakly Mann'd— Being in haste I hope soon shall have it in my power to give you a better account of this Action—Besides the 64 & Frigate being burnt, the Roebuckwho lay to cover them we damag'd much 8c... | |
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