...obstacles, and had wrapped every thing in their red mantle, that great city looked like a sea of rolling fire, swept by a tempest that drove it into vast billows....scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterward : " It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame, mountains...

...The heavens themselves, seemed to have caught the conflagration, and the angry masses that swept it, rolled over a bosom of fire. Columns of flame would...scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterward : " It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame, mountains...

...The heavens themselves, seemed to have caught the conflagration, and the angry masses that swept it, rolled over a bosom of fire. Columns of flame would...scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterward: "It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame, mountains...

...below. The black form of the Kremlin alone, towered above the chaos, now wrapped in flame and stroke, and again emerging into view — standing amid this...he, years afterwards: " It was the spectacle of a >ea and Ы1lowi of fire, a sky and ctoudi of flame, mountain! of red rolling flame, like immense waves...

...alone, toweped above the chaos, now wrapped in flame and smoke, and again emerging into view—standing' amid this scene of desolation and terror, like virtue...scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterward: "It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds ofjlame, mountains...

...burning world, enveloped but unscathed by the devouring elements. 12. Napoleon stood and gazed upon this scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles...that he could scarcely bear his hand against them. 13. Said he,. years afterward, " It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds...

...a burning world, enveloped but unscathed by the devouring element. Napoleon stood and gazed on the scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles distant,...scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterward, — • " It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame ;...

...a burning world, enveloped but unscathed by the devouring element. Napoleon stood and gazed on the scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles distant, the windows and walls of his apartment were so Lot that he could scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterward, — " It was the spectacle...

...towers, throwing off sparks like blazing fire-brands now towered above these waves and now disappeared iu their maddening flow, as they rushed and broke high...scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterward : " It rcas the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame, mountains...

...moment on their bases, were hurled by the tempest into the common ruin. Napoleon stood and gazed on the scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles distant,...that he could scarcely bear his hand against them. Years afterwards he said: "It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame....