 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
 | Edwin Beresford Chancellor, Edward A. Foord - 1925 - 230 pages
...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, was like a hideous storm; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach... | |
 | Guy Noel Pocock - 1925 - 268 pages
...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, was like a hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach... | |
 | Guy Noel Pocock - 1925 - 268 pages
...about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now 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 hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | Thomas Otway - 1926 - 344 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,... | |
 | 1851 - 644 pages
...awful spectacle, and has admirably described its terrific grandeur. God grant, (he says,) 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,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 820 pages
...aspect, like the top of a burning oven, the light seen above forty miles round about. Above ten thousand houses all in one flame ; the noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, yc shrieking of women and children, yc hurry of people, ye fall of towers, houses, and churches, was... | |
 | Victor Sawdon Pritchett - 2001 - 220 pages
...round-about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10, OOO houses all in one flame! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuousflames was like a hideous storm. The clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon computation,... | |
 | Ernest F. Henderson - 2004 - 468 pages
...a burning oven, and the light scene above 40 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, ye shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
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