| 1751 - 264 pages
...the Fate of their Relations; there were fome who even from a Fear of Death pray'd to die ; many pay'd their Adorations to the Gods ; but the greater Number...was the final and eternal Period of the World. There were others who magnified the real Dangers, by imaginary and falfe Terrors. Some affirmed, that Mifenum... | |
| John Northall - Architecture - 1766 - 518 pages
...as is in a clofe room, yhen all light is excluded. Great \yere the fhrieks of die people ; many paid their adorations to the gods ; but the greater number...gods no longer exifted, and that this night was the eternal period of the world. A little gleam of light then appeared. It was not day-light, but the forewarning... | |
| Scotland - 1828 - 316 pages
...outcries of men. There were some who, from their fear, even prayed to die : many paid their adoration to the gods ; but the greater number were of opinion, that the gods no longer existed, and that this night was the final and eternal period of the world."* No language, it is true,... | |
| James Logan Lobley - Vesuvius (Italy) - 1868 - 78 pages
...the fete of their relations. There were some who, even from a fear of death, prayed to die. Many paid their adorations to the gods ; but the greater number were of opinion that the gods no longer existed, and that this night was the final and eternal period of the world. There were others who magnified... | |
| 1808 - 694 pages
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