 | Edmund Burke - 1770 - 340 pages
...labours of many years, and proftrates the moft exalted hopes of the planter, and often juft at the moment when he thinks himfelf out of the reach of fortune. It is afudden and violent ftorm of wind, rain, thunder, and lightening, attended with a furious fwelling... | |
 | 1795 - 436 pages
...of many years, and fruftrates the moft exalted hopes of the planter; and often, juil at the moment when he thinks himfelf out of the reach of fortune....lightning, attended with a furious fwelling of the fea, and fometimes with an earthquake ; in ihort, with every, circumiUnce which the elements ' tnente... | |
 | George Gregory - 1796 - 620 pages
...ftroke the labours of many years, and proftrate ri* jrioft exalted hopes of the planter, and that, ofrcn when he thinks himfelf out of the reach of fortune....rain, thunder, and lightning, attended with a furious fwelliag of the feas, and fometimes with an earthquake; in Ihort, with every circumftance which the... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1796 - 572 pages
...the planter, and at the the moment when he thinks himfelf out of danger. It is a fudden and \-iolent ftorm of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, attended with a furious fwelling of the fcas, and fomctimes with an earthquake ; in fhort, with every cirrvimfiar.ee which the elemcr'< can... | |
 | George Gregory - 1798 - 630 pages
...afiau'Ited by hurricanes, which deftroy at a ftroke the labours of many years, ?nd proftrate the moft exalted hopes of the planter, and that, often when...fwelling of the feas, and fometimes with an earthquake; » American PHI. Traaf. vol. i. Chap, ii.] en Hurricane. 461 in fhort, with every circumftance which... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1799 - 576 pages
...proftrates the moft exalted hopes of tie planter, and at the moment when bethinks himfelf out of danger. It is a fudden and violent ftorm of wind, rain, thunder...of the feas, and fometimes with an earthquake; in fliort, with every circumftance which the elements can aflemble that is terrible and definitive. Firft,... | |
 | Nicolas Hamel - 1806 - 266 pages
...calamity to which 1J they are P fubjeft, as they fometimes " deftroy in a moment the labour of many years. It is a fudden and violent ftorm of •' wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, attended withr a furious fweilings of the fea. Whole fields of fugar canes' are whirled u into the air, and... | |
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... when he thinks himfelf out of the reach of fortune. It is a fudden and violent ftorm of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, attended with a furious fwelling of the feas, and fometimes with an earthquake; in fhort, with every circumftance which the... 