A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness... The advanced grammar of school-grammars - Página 144por C. Duxbury - 1884 - 264 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 páginas
...flying from their flaming villages, in part, were slaughtered ; others without regard to sex, to age or rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from...in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading apears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and... | |
| Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 páginas
...flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal; and all was done by... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 páginas
...without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from their children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind...sword, and exile, they fell into " The jaws of Famine." The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal; — and all was done... | |
| New Jersey Historical Society - 1849 - 428 páginas
...part were slaughtered, others without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or «icredness of function, — fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry — those who were able to evade this tempest fled to the walled ci ties but escaping fire and sword... | |
| Queen's University of Belfast - 1852 - 306 páginas
...their flaming villages, were in part slaughtered; others without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine For months together these creatures of suffering, whose very excess and luxury in their most plenteous... | |
| 1851 - 560 páginas
...flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal; and all was done by... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 páginas
...others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; lathers ?X < 3H D Mͨ- D 6N {XM o:6y *` ... l ޙ 2 Z ԠC b k`DC f & r 2 P i O7 4] p driven aud the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity, in an unknown and hostile land.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1852 - 608 páginas
...flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal ; and all was done by... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 páginas
...part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredncss of function, fathers torn from children, husbands...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. [Trinity College Fellowships, 1848.] 162. His conduct upon these occasions may be thought irrational.... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 páginas
...flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect ed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable...from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered amid the goading spears of drivers and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
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