 | 1858 - 146 страници
...We had scarce stepped out of the path when darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, but of a room when it is shut up, and all the lights out. " Nothing then was to be heard, but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1860 - 520 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...it is shut up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing there was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1861 - 400 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...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... | |
 | William Denton, Elizabeth M. Foote Denton - 1863 - 382 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 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,... | |
 | Frederick Young - 1863 - 258 страници
...the doomed city. Night approached, and enveloped the ruin in utter darkness. It was not the darkness of a cloudy night, or when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up. This was every now and then varied by the vivid glare of the lightning, which shot out from Vesuvius... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - 1867 - 626 страници
...death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when darknnss overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or...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... | |
 | Jacob Bigelow - 1867 - 408 страници
...death in the dark by the erowd that followed us. \Vc. had scareely stepped out of the path when the darkness overspread us, — not like that of a cloudy...then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the sereams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 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 night, or when there is no moon, but of a room38 when it is shut up, and all lights are extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks64... | |
 | John Phillips - 1869 - 458 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 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... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 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 extinguished. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and 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... 
