... houses of the Indians and other poor inhabitants, great numbers of people lost their lives. The river of Latacunga was the channel of this terrible flood, till, being too small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country... Surveys of nature; historical, moral and entertaining - 361 psl.autoriai: Francis Fitzgerald - 1787Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| Antonio de Ulloa, Jorge Juan - 1758 - 564 psl.
...fmall for receiving fuch a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country like a vaft lake near the town, and carried away all the buildings...inhabitants retired to a fpot of higher ground behind their town, of which thofe parts which ftood within the limits of the current were totally deftroyed.... | |
| 1798 - 408 psl.
...fmall for receiving fuch a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country like a vaft lake, near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retired into a i'potof higher ground behind the town, of which t-hofe parta which flood within the limits of... | |
| Antonio de Ulloa - 1806 - 530 psl.
...small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country like a vast lake near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retired to a spot of higher ground behind their town, of which those parts which stood within the limits of the... | |
| Jorge Juan, Antonio de Ulloa - 1807 - 532 psl.
...being too small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country like a vast Jake near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retired to a spot of higher ground behind their town, of which those parts which stood within the limits of the... | |
| John Pinkerton - 1813 - 920 psl.
...fmall for receiving fuch a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country like a vaft lake near the town, and carried away all the buildings...inhabitants retired to a fpot of higher ground behind their town, of which thofe parts which ftood within the limits of the current were totally deftroyed.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 psl.
...small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country, .like a vast lake, near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retired to a spot of higher ground behind the town, of which those parts which stood within the limits of the current... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 psl.
...small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country, like a vast lake, near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retired into a spot of higher ground behind the town, of which those parts which stood within the limits of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 724 psl.
...small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country, like A vast lake, near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retired into a spot of higher ground behind the town, of which those parts which stood within the limits of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 psl.
...small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country, like a vast lake, near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retired into a spot of higher ground behind the town, of which those parts which stood within the limits of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1862 - 702 psl.
...small for receiving such a prodigious current, it overflowed the adjacent country,like a vast lake, near the town, and carried away all the buildings within its reach. The inhabitants retiredintoaspotof higher ground behind the town, of which those parts which stood within the limits... | |
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