 God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches...  Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 125publié par - 1820Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 410 pages
...burning oven, and the light seen for above forty miles round for many nights. God grant that mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000...and cracking, and thunder, of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of the women and children, the hurry of the people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1871 - 598 pages
...grant," exclaims an eye-witness, "that I may never behold the like, who now saw above ten thousand houses in one flame, the noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous fires, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...above 40 miles round about for many nights. God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame : the noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames, ye shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | Anne (Aunt.) - 1849 - 440 pages
...round, for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw about ten thousand houses all in one flame ; the noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 pages
...burning oven, and the light seen above forty miles round-about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000...and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...above 40 mile* round about for many nights. God grant my eye» may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame : the noise,...cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames, y« shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of tower«, he use», and churches,... | |
 | Henry Peter Dunster - 1850 - 372 pages
...above forty miles round about for many nights. God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | 1850 - 790 pages
...round about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who saw above ten thousand houses all in one flame ! the noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the harry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | London - 1851 - 200 pages
...forty miles around for many nights ; the noise and cracking of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last one was not able to approach... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 416 pages
...grant,' exclaims Evelyn, ' that I may never behold the like, who now saw above ten thousand houses in one flame: the noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous fires — the shrieking of women and children — tho hurry of people— the fall of more and more... | |
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