like the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the destruction that wasteth at noonday. Berenice: A Novel - Page 281 by Emily Pierpont De Lesdernier - 1856 - 332 pages Full view - About this book
...previous condition of servitude, invades alike the homes of the rich and the abodes of the poor. " The pestilence that walketh in darkness, the destruction that wasteth at noonday," the ravages of war, all pale into insignificance when placed by the side of consumption. In nearly...