 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...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 432by Edmund Burke - 1807Full view - About this book
 | George Croly - 1840 - 334 pages
...field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without...horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and strange land. Those who VOL. I. B were able to evade the tempest fled to the walled cities. But escaping... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without...horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and strange land. Those who VOL. I. R were able to evade the tempest fled to the walled cities. But escaping... | |
 | 1840 - 452 pages
...consumed every house, and destroyed every temple. The miser* able inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without...function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, envoioped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of the drivers, and the trampling... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 638 pages
...consumed every house, destroy" ed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying " from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; " others, without...from " children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirl" wind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of ': drivers, and the trampling of pursuing... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 672 pages
...consumed every house, destroy" ed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying " from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; " others, without...from " children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirl" wind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of " drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses,... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 644 pages
...consumed every house, dcstroy" ed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying " from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; " others, without...from " children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a*whirl" wind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of '; drivers, and the trampling of pursuing... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...from their children, | husbands, from wives', | enveloped in a whirlwind of cav'alry, | and amidsi the goading spears of dri'vers, | and the trampling of pursuing hor'ses, | were sweptf into captiv'ity | in an unknown, and hostile land. | Those who were able to evade this tempest,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...consumed every house, and destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part, were slaughtered ; others without regard to sex, to age or rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from the flaming ctors and comptrollers, and all the slaves that adhere...and to suppress as an evil, the command and blessing driven and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity, in an unknown and hostile land.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1844 - 548 pages
...field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their (fuming villages in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank or sacred ness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wive*, enveloped in a whirlwind... | |
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