When night again descended on the city, it presented a spectacle the like of which was never seen before, and which baffles all description. The streets were streets of fire, the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the city a mass of fire,... Napoleon and His Marshals - Página 256por J. T. Headley - 1847 - 647 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1850 - 704 páginas
...description. The streets were streets of fire ; the heavens a canopy of fire ; and the entire lxtdy of the city a mass of fire, fed by a hurricane that...explosions, from the blowing up of stores of oil, tar, and spirits, shook the foundations of the city, and sent vast volumes of smoke rolling furiously... | |
| 1846 - 730 páginas
...was never seen before, and which baffles all description. The streets were streets of fire — the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the...spirits, shook the very foundations of the city, and sent vastvolumes of smoke rolling furiously towards the sky. Huge sheets of canvas on fire came floating... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1846 - 400 páginas
...was never seen before, and which baffles all description. The streets were streets of fire — the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the...spirits, shook the very foundations of the city, and sen i vast volumes of smoke rolling furiously towards the sky. Huge sheets of canvass on fire came... | |
| Salem Town - 1850 - 374 páginas
...like of which was never seen before, and which. baffles all description; — the streets of fire, the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the...blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air. 5. Incessant explosions, from the blowing up of stores of oil, and tar, and spirits, shook the very... | |
| Salem Town - 1850 - 372 páginas
...description; — the streets of fire, the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the -ckya mass of fire, fed by a hurricane that whirled the...fragments - in a constant stream through the air. 5. Incessant explosions, from .the blowing up of stores of oil, and tar, and spirits, shook the very... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 páginas
...which was never seen before, and which baffles all description. The streets were streets of fire; the heavens a canopy of fire ; and the entire body of the city a mass of fire, fed by a hurricane that sped the blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air. Incessant explosions, from the blowing... | |
| 1866 - 408 páginas
...which was never seen before, and which baffles all description. The streets were streets of fire; the heavens a canopy of fire ; and the entire body of the city a mass of fire, fed by a hurricane that sped the blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air. Incessant explosions, from the blowing... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 páginas
...had never been seen before, and which 'baffles all description. The streets were streets of fire; the heavens a canopy of fire ; and the entire body of the city a mass of fire, fed by a hurricane that sped the blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air. Incessant explosions, from the blowing... | |
| Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 360 páginas
...spectacle which baffles all description. The city was a mass of fire, blown about by a hurricane that sped the blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air. Incessant explosions, from the igniting of stores of oil, and tar, and spirits, shook the very foundations of the city, and sent vast... | |
| Granville series - 1882 - 330 páginas
...which was never seen before, and which baffles all description. The streets were streets of fire, the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the city a mass of fire, fed by a hurricane that sped the blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air. Incessant explosions, from the blowing-up... | |
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