 | Great Britain - 1867 - 192 pages
...pummy stones of Mont Aetna, in Sicily, where I never was; but I had them from my Lord of Wiuchelsy, my noble friend, who hath bin there. (26). Several pieces of cinders, pummy stone, and ashes of the Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, which was 4 times the poynt of my reflection,—I... | |
 | Stephen Bann - Antiques & Collectibles - 1994 - 206 pages
...later, when he had made the same journey four times over. He lists in the catalogue of his collection: Several pieces of cinders, pummystone, and ashes of...Vesuvius, near Naples, which was 4 times the poynt of my reflection, — I facing about for England from the topp, or crater, or voragine (as they term it)... | |
 | George Robertson - Art - 1994 - 276 pages
...on all his journeys. This comes under the item in his catalogue describing a part of the collection: Several pieces of cinders, pummystone, and ashes of the Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, which was four times the poynt of my reflection. - I facing about for England from the topp, or crater, or voragine... | |
 | George Robertson - Art - 1994 - 276 pages
...on all his journeys, This comes under the item in his catalogue describing a part of the collection: Several pieces of cinders, pummystone. and ashes of the Mount Vesuvius. near Naples, which was four times the poynt of my reflection, — I facing about for England from the topp, or crater. or... | |
 | Brian Neville, Johanne Villeneuve - Social Science - 2002 - 276 pages
...top drawer of my dressing table just as John Bargrave chose to store in his Cabinet of Curiosities, “several pieces of cinders, pummystone, and ashes of the Mount Vesuvius, near Naples.” 2 I should add that Bargrave chose to memorialize Mount Vesuvius in this way for a precise reason:... | |
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my noble friend, who hath bin there. (26). Several pieces of cinders, pummystone, and ashes of the Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, which was 4 times the poynt of my 