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... Cassell's illustrated history of India - Page 206by James Grant - 1883Full view - About this book
| 1795 - 432 pages
...function; fathers torn from children, husbands frcm wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading, spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity, in an unknown and hostile land. Those who were rb!e to evade this tempest, fled to the walled cities.... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered : others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function;...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function;...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
| George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 pages
...function; fathers torn fromchildren, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears, of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept iato captivity, in an nn- : known and hostile, land. Those who -were able to evade this tempest, fled... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...inhabitants, flying from their naming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function;...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pin-suing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
| 1813 - 458 pages
...part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacrcclness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
| William Cobbett - 1815 - 746 pages
...flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function,...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered s others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enreloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears' of drivers, and the trampling of... | |
| Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 pages
...flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function,...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity... | |
| 1821 - 526 pages
...flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function,...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity... | |
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