 | 1843 - 844 pages
...left hehind, and were without tents, fuel, or food : the snow was the only hed for all, and of many, ere morning, it proved the winding-sheet. It is only...wretched survivor cast looks of envy at his comrades, whp lay stretched heside him in the quiet sleep of death. Daylight was the signal for a renewal of... | |
 | 1843 - 708 pages
...food : the snow was the only bed for all, and of many, ere morning, it proved the wiiitlhis-sliecl. It is only marvellous that any should have survived that fearful night ! " Janutry 9th. — Another morning tin wned, n wakening thousands to increased misery; and many a... | |
 | 1842 - 600 pages
...left behind, and were without tents, fuel, or food : the snow was the only bed for all, and of many, ere morning, it proved the winding-sheet. It is only...beside him in the quiet sleep of death. Daylight was -he signal for a renewal of that confusion which attended every movement of the force. And now for... | |
 | 1842 - 606 pages
...left behind, and were without tents, fuel, or food: the snow was the only bed for all, and of many, ere morning, it proved the winding-sheet. It is only...marvellous that any should have survived that fearful night ! i •' January 9th. — Another morning dawned, awakening thousands to increased misery ; and many... | |
 | 1843 - 1278 pages
...were without tents, fuel, or food : the snow was the only bed for all, and of many, ete morning, U proved the winding-sheet. It is only marvellous that...should have survived that fearful night ! " January 9(A. . — Another morning dawned, awakening thousands to increased misery ; and many a wretched survivor... | |
 | Sir Vincent Eyre - 1879 - 362 pages
...left behind, and were without tents, fuel, or food : the snow was the only bed for all, and of many, ere morning, it proved the winding-sheet. It is only...January 9th. — Another morning dawned, awakening * The above passage was quoted by Sir Robert Peel, then Prime Minister of England, in the House of... | |
 | Sir Vincent Eyre - 1879 - 364 pages
...left behind, and were without tents, fuel, or food : the snow was the only bed for all, and of many, ere morning, it proved the winding-sheet. It is only...January 9th. — Another morning dawned, awakening * The above passage was quoted by Sir Robert Peel, then Prime Minister of England, in the House of... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1880 - 382 pages
...or food ; the snow was the only bed for all, and of many, ere morning, it proved the winding sheet. It is only marvellous that any should have survived that fearful night ! " Eyre and his family, consisting of his wife and a little boy, emerged safely from the Khoord-Cabul... | |
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... the camp destitute of shelter, and perished during the night. Groans of misery and distress assailed the ear from all quarters. We had ascended to a still colder climate than we had left behind, and were without tents, fuel, or food : the snow was... 