 | James Sowerby - 1806 - 450 sider
...stone which formerly fell from the clouds; and the old writer from whom he took his account says : ( It hovered about for a long time ; seemed to throw out splinters, which flew around like wandering stars, before they fell, and at last it came down to the earth a stone of extraordinary... | |
 | John Murray - 1830 - 168 sider
...inclined to believe the material of the image might have fallen from the skies." '(• In Vita Lysandri. for a long time ; seemed to throw out splinters, which...the earth a stone of extraordinary size." — Pliny, who saw this stone, informs us that it was of a dark burnt colour : he mentions another which fell... | |
 | Henry Sowerby - 1850 - 410 sider
...stone which formerly fell from the clouds ; and the old writer from whom he took his account, says, ' It hovered about for a long time ; seemed to throw out splinters, which flew around like wandering stars before they fell, and at last it came down to the earth a stone of extraordinary... | |
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Plutarch mentions a stone which formerly fell from the clouds; and the old writer from whom he took his account says : ( It hovered about for a long time ; seemed to throw out splinters, which flew around like wandering stars, before they fell, and at... 