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" 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 432
by Edmund Burke - 1807
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Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours, Volume 32

1882 - 492 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. Themiserable inhabitants, fleeing from thejr flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others. without...function— fathers torn from children, husbands from wives — en•walled cities ; but in escaping from fire, sword ;md exile, they fell into the jaws of famine....
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Sanders' Rhetorical, Or, Union Sixth Reader: Embracing a Full Exposition of ...

Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple 5. 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,...
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without...trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity, ill an unknown and hostile land. Those who were able to evade this tempest, fled to the walled cities;...
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Comstock's Elocution, Enlarged: A System of Vocal Gymnastics Designed for ...

Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...every house/ | and destroyed every tem.ple. | The miserable inhabitants, | flying from their flaming villages, | in part, were slaugh'tered ; others, without regard to sex', to age', to rank', or sacredness of func'tion — | fathers torn from their children, husbands, from wives', enveloped...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable in!.'bis tanta flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered, others, without...function; fathers torn from children, husbands from wi\ e», enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling...
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Practical text-book of grammatical analysis

William Stewart Ross - 1870 - 72 pages
...He giveth His beloved sleep. — Mrs Browning. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without...swept into captivity, in an unknown and hostile land. — Edmund Burke. Near yonder thorn, that lifts his head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the...
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The Book of Oratory: Compiled for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and the ...

Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...consumed every house, destroyed every temple. 6. 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 poading spears of drivers and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity,...
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The Rival Collection of Prose and Poetry, for the Use of Schools, Colleges ...

1872 - 514 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, to rank, or sacredness of function — fathers torn from their children, husbands from wives, enveloped...
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The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society ..., Volume 7

Charles Knight - 1874 - 640 pages
...every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villagea, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard...drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were MyBoreaa Cavalry. From Armed Figures in the collection of Sir Samuel Muyrick. swept into captivity,...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...consumed every bouse, 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,...
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