 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1760 - 502 pages
...places public clocks were heard to ftrike. Many perfons, roufed by this terrible vifitation, ftatted naked from their beds, and ran to their doors and windows in diftraction : yet no life was loft, and no houfe overthrown by this conquffion, though it was fo dreadful... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1785 - 518 pages
...places publick clocks were heard to ftrike. Many perfons, roufed by this terrible vifitation, ftarted naked from their beds, and ran to their doors and windows in diftradrion : yet no life was loft, and no houfe overthrown by this concuffion, though it was fo dreadful... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1793 - 392 pages
...places public clocks were heard to ftrike. Many perfons roufed by this terrible vifitation , flatted naked from their beds , and ran to their doors and windows in diftradtion : yet no life was loft , and no houfe overthrown by this concuffion, though it was fo dreadful... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1800 - 570 pages
...places publick clocks were heard to flrike. Many perfons roufed by this terrible vifitation, ftarted naked from their beds, and ran to their doors and windows in detraction : yet no life was loft, and no houfe overthrown by this concuffion, though it wasfo dreadful... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 572 pages
...shook every house from top to bottom. Again the chairs rocked, the shelves clattered, the small bells rang, and in some places public clocks were heard...in distraction : yet no life was lost, and no house everthrown by this concussion, though it was so dreadful as to threaten an immediate dissolution of... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 400 pages
...shook every house from top to bottom. Again the chairs rocked, the shelves clattered, the small bells rang, and in some places public clocks were heard...dissolution of the globe. The circumstance, however, did not fail to make a deep impression upon ignorant, weak, and superstitious minds, which were the more affected... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1822 - 494 pages
...shook every house from top to bottom. Again the chairs rocked, the shelves clattered, the small bells rang, and in some places public clocks were heard...dissolution of the globe. The circumstance, however, did not fail to make a deep impression upon ignorant, weak, and superstitious minds, which were the more affected... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - Theology - 1830 - 500 pages
...shook every house from top to bottom, and in many places the church-bells were heard to strike ; people started naked from their beds, and ran to their doors and windows in a state of distraction ; yet no house was overthrown and no life was lost. However the periodical recurrence... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 500 pages
...shook every house from top to bottom, and in many places the church-bells were heard to strike ; people started naked from their beds, and ran to their doors and windows in a state of distraction; yet no house was overthrown and no life was lost. However the periodieal recurrence... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 266 pages
...shook every house from top to bottom. Again the chairs rocked, the shelves clattered, the small bells rang, and in some places public clocks were heard...dissolution of the globe. The circumstance, however, did not fail to make a deep impression upon ignorant, weak, and superstitious minds, which were the more affected... | |
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... flashes of lightning, and a rumbling noise, like that of a heavy carriage rolling over a hollow pavement. The shock itself consisted of repeated vibrations, which lasted some seconds, and violently shook every house from top to bottom. Again the chairs... 
