| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1841 - 836 páginas
...— others with staring eye.-, were gasping for breath, and others would never breathe more. All was silent save those low sounds, and the occasional snorting...the full gaze of a scene so hideous and abhorrent. Besides the Manchester yeomanry, who, as I have already shown, did " the duty of the day," there caaie... | |
| 1841 - 658 páginas
...and others would never breathe more. All was silent, save those low soundsand the occasional neighing and pawing of steeds. Persons might sometimes be noticed peeping from attics and over the tall ridges of houses, but they quickly withdrew, as if fearful of being observed,, or unable to sustain... | |
| 1842 - 608 páginas
...— others with staring eyes, were gasping for breath, and others would never breathe more. All was silent save those low sounds, and the occasional snorting...full gaze, of a scene s>o hideous and abhorrent," This statement is a little, though perhaps but a little overcharged ; that the amateur soldiers did... | |
| William Howitt - 1848 - 432 páginas
...— others with staring eyes, were gasping for breath, and others would never breathe more. " All was silent, save those low sounds, and the occasional snorting and pawing of the steeds. Persons might sometimes be noticed peeping from attics and over the tall sidings of houses,... | |
| Archibald Prentice - 1851 - 456 páginas
...pressing and wounding. Many females appeared as the crowd opened; and striplings and mere youths were also found. Their cries were piteous and heart-rending;...the full gaze of a scene so hideous and abhorrent." Hunt and his companions on the hustings had been taken into custody during the enactment of this frightful... | |
| Archibald Prentice - 1851 - 452 páginas
...pressing and wounding. Many females appeared as the crowd opened; and striplings and mere youths were also found. Their cries were piteous and heart-rending;...observed, or unable to sustain the full gaze of a scene so hideons and abhorrent." Hunt and his companions on the hustings had been taken into custody during... | |
| Archibald Prentice - 1802 - 454 páginas
...wounded, or carrying off the dead. The hustings remained, with a few broken and hewed flag- staves erect, and a torn or gashed banner or two drooping,...observed, or unable to sustain the full gaze of a scene so hideons and abhorrent." Hunt and his companions on the hustings had been taken into custody during... | |
| John Reilly (of Manchester.) - 1859 - 368 páginas
...pressing and wounding. Many females appeared as the crowd opened; and striplings and mere youths were also found. Their cries were piteous and heart-rending...the full gaze of a scene so hideous and abhorrent." Hunt and his companions on the hustings had been taken into custody during the enactment of this frightful... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 512 páginas
...groaning, others with staring eyes, were gasping for breath ; and others would never breathe more. All was silent, save those low sounds, and the occasional...the full gaze of a scene so hideous and abhorrent." About thirty wounded persons were carried to the infirmary in the course of that afternoon and the... | |
| George Alfred Townsend - 1869 - 702 páginas
...torn, and bloody. The yeomanry had dismounted ; some were easing their horses' girths, others adjusing their accoutrements, and some were wiping their sabres....steeds. Persons might sometimes be noticed peeping from atties, and over the tall ridgings of houses ; but they quickly withdrew, as if fearful of being observed,... | |
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