 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
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming eard of were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal...from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered amid the goading spears of drivers and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without...respect of rank, or sacredness of function; fathers lorn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and, amid the goading... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...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 sacredncss of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their (laming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect nf rank, or sac red ness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped ¡na... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without...from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and, amid the goading spears of drivers and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 pages
...rank', or sacredness of function — I fathers torn from their chil'dren, | husbands, from wives', I enveloped in a whirlwind of cav'alry, | and amidst...trampling of pursuing hor'ses, were swept into captiv'ity I in an unknown, and hostile land. I Those who were able to evade this tempest, | fled to the walled... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 pages
...consumed every house, dest roved 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 saeredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 346 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without...sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function,—fathers torn from children, husbands from wives,—'enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 pages
...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...in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spear? of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 pages
...without regard to sex1, to age', to rank', or sacredness of function — I fathers torn from their chil'dren, | husbands, from wives-, enveloped in a...cav'alry, and amidst the goading spears of dri'vers. j and the trampling of pursuing hor'ses, I were swepi into captiv'ity | in an unknown, and hostile... | |
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