 | Edward MacDermott - 1854 - 236 страници
...thick smoke, which came rolling after us like a torrent. We had scarcely stepped out of the path when darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy...but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands... | |
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - 1856 - 344 страници
...pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed, We had scarce stepped out of the path when darkness overspread us, not like that. of a cloudy...but of a room when it is shut up, and all the lights are extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of Q* Litter— Continued. women, the screams... | |
 | Hieremias Drexelius - 1856 - 354 страници
...pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarcely stepped out of the path when darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or when there is no moon, but that of a room when it is shut np, and all the lights extinct. Nothing, then, was to be heard but the... | |
 | James Walter Wall - 1856 - 336 страници
...of the world had come. Well might Pliny the Younger say in his letter to the historian Tacitus, — "Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men. Some calling for their children, others for their parents ; others for their... | |
 | James Walter Wall - 1856 - 48 страници
...the world had come. Well might Pliny the Younger fiay in his letter to the historian Tacitus — " Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men. Some calling for their children, others for their parents; others for their husbands;... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1857 - 532 страници
...to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarcely stepped out of the path when the darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy...but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men, some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 страници
...We had scarce stepped out of the path, when darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy uight, or when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up, and all lights are extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1858 - 496 страници
...pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path when darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy...but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights are extinct. Nothing there was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the... | |
 | Jacob Bigelow - 1859 - 456 страници
...to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarcely stepped out of the path when the darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy...but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men, some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands,... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1859 - 510 страници
...pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when darkness overspread us — not like that of a cloudy night, or when there is no moon, Jbut of a room when it is shut up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing there was to be heard but the... | |
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Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting... 
