 About midnight began the most terrible storm that had been known in England, the wind WSW attended with flashes of lightning. It uncovered the roofs of many houses and churches, blew down the spires of several steeples and chimneys, tore whole groves...  The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Volume 1 - Stran xviavtor: Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 367 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Thomas Salmon - 1767 - 752 strani
...roofs of many houiei л churches, blew down the fpires of feveral fteeples, and many chi:n:: --. and tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leads of ionic churches were rolled up like fcrolls of parchment ; and feveral vu.fcls, boats, atid barges,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1810 - 348 strani
...uncovered the roofs of many houses and churches, blew down the spires of several steeples and chimneys, tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leads...several vessels, boats and barges, were sunk in the liver of Thames ; but the royal navy sustained the greatest damage, being just returned from the Straits... | |
 | James Mitchell - 1823 - 654 strani
...churches, blew down several chimneys and the spires of many steeples, tore up whole groves of trees, and the leads of some churches were rolled up like scrolls of parchment, and vessels, boats, and barges were sunk in the Thames ; one 2d rate, four 3d rates, four 4tb rates, and... | |
 | Thomas Tegg - 1824 - 356 strani
...down several chimneys and the spires of many steeples, tore whole groves of trees up by the roots, and the leads of some churches were rolled up like scrolls...several vessels, boats, and barges were sunk in the Thames; but the royal navy suffered the greatest damage, being just returned from the Mediterranean,... | |
 | William Toone - 1826 - 668 strani
...uncovered the roofs of many houses and churches, blew down the spires of several steeples, and chimnies, tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leads...but the royal navy sustained the greatest damage, beVOL. I. ing just relumed from the Streights ; four third rates, one second rate, four fourth rates,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 500 strani
...uncovered the roofs of many houses and churches, blew down the spires of several steeples and chimneys, tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leads...vessels, boats, and barges, were sunk in the river of Thames ; but the royal navy sustained the greatest damage, being just returned from the Straits... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 506 strani
...uncovered the roofs of many booses and churches, blew down the spires of several steeples and chimneys, tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leads...vessels, boats, and barges, were sunk in the river of Thames ; but the royal navy sustained the greatest damage, being just returned from the Straits... | |
 | 1832 - 424 strani
...uncovered Hie roofs of many houses and churches ; blew down the spires of several steeples' and chimnies : tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leads...but the royal navy sustained the greatest damage, beim; just returned from the Streights. Four third-rates, one second rate, four fourth-rates, and many... | |
 | 1832 - 428 strani
...steeples' and chimuies ; tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leadqof some ctmrcheswere rolled up like scrolls of parchment, and several vessels,...the greatest damage, being just returned from the Streights. Four third-rates, one second rate, four fourth-rates, and many others of less force, were... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 452 strani
...uncovered the roofs of many houses and churches, blew down the spires of several steeples and chimneys, tore whole groves of trees up by the roots. The leads...and several vessels, boats, and barges, were sunk About the end of 1704, when, as our author tells us, he lay ruined and friendless in Newgate, without... | |
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