 Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged with vigour and diligence the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire, breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time,...  Stories from Church history, from the introduction of Christianity, to the ... - Halaman 129oleh Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 348 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Alban Butler - 1798 - 348 halaman
...issued, says Ammianus, " such horrible balls of fire out of the earth near the " foundations, (23) which rendered the place, from " time to time, inaccessible...workmen. And the victorious element continuing " in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent as it * were to drive them to a distance, Alypius thought "... | |
 | 1828
...work was urged forward with diligence,' says a heathen historian, * horrible balls of firebreaking out, with frequent and repeated attacks, rendered...them to a distance; the undertaking was abandoned.' Thus are the attempt* of all those who would darfngly •« fight against God " brought to nought,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 410 halaman
...asserts, " That horrible balls of fire breaking out from the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible...workmen ; and the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent; 'a"s it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 410 halaman
...asserts, " That horrible balls of fire breaking out from "the foundations, with frequent and reiterated " attacks, rendered the place, from time to " time,...and blasted " workmen ; and the victorious element con" tinuing in this manner obstinately and reso" lutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a dis"... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 halaman
...the work, " horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, .' with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, " from time to time,...and " blasted workmen ; and the victorious element continu" ing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent, as it " were, to drive them to a distance,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 408 halaman
...asserts, " That horrible balls of fire breaking out from "the foundations, with frequent and reiterated " attacks, rendered the place, from time to " time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted M workmen ; and the victorious element con" tinuing in. this manner obstinately and reso" lutely bent,... | |
 | Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 halaman
...of the work, horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched workmen ; and the victorious element continuing in this manner resolutely bent, as it were, to drive... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 472 halaman
...afford him, horrible balls of " fire, breaking out near the foundations, with fre" quent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, " from time to time,...and " blasted workmen ; and the victorious element con". tinuing, in this manner, obstinately and resolutely " bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance,... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 466 halaman
...afford him, horrible balls of *' fire, breaking out near the foundations, with fre" quent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, " from time to time,...and " blasted workmen ; and the victorious element con" tinuing, in this manner, obstinately and resolutely " bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 464 halaman
...work, " horrible balls of fire breaking out near the " foundations, with frequent and reiterated " attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, " inaccessible to the scorched and blasted work" men ; and the victorious element continuing " in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent,... | |
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