 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 - Seite 125herausgegeben von - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | charles barker - 1853 - 126 Seiten
...encourage workmen, by which he showed his affection to his people, and gained theirs. 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,... | |
 | 1853 - 444 Seiten
...fire." One says, " God grant that 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 fian.es, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and... | |
 | William Bellamy (headmaster of Norwich diocesan model sch.) - 1853 - 286 Seiten
...for many nights : God grant that mine eyes may never see the like ! who now saw above 10000 honses all in one flame : the noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuons flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, honses,... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 Seiten
...houses all in oneltaaie ; the noise and crackling and thunder of the impetuons flames, the shrieking ef women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideons storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed that at last one was not able to approach... | |
 | John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 Seiten
...was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, the light seen above forty miles round about. Above 10,000 houses all in one flame ; the noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, y* shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses and churches, was... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 Seiten
...houses all in one flame ; the noise, and crackling, 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 last one was not able to approach... | |
 | John Timbs - 1855 - 818 Seiten
...was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, the light seen above forty miles round about. 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, was... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 Seiten
...miles round about for many nights. God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,OOO 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,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1856 - 590 Seiten
...fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven. 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... | |
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