 | Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 страници
...complete : after ' their horizon,' let the sentence ran tluis — ' suddenly bursting, it poured down '. 'Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no...conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. ' Here a change to the period might he admissible : — ' Then ensued such a scene of woe, as neither... | |
 | 1890 - 400 страници
...and was upon the keeper in the ' twinkling of a bedpost.' As the lamented Mr. Edmund Burke said, ' Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no ear had heard, and no imagination could adequately conceive,' for Belben there and then 'walked into... | |
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 318 страници
...sprung in deserts where no men abide. I still doubt your conclusion though granting your premises. Then ensued a scene of woe the like of which no eye had seen nor heart conceived. 351. EXAMPLES OP FAULTY SENTENCES. (1) The man who deserves to be punished escapes... | |
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 322 страници
...sprung in deserts where no men abide. I still doubt your conclusion though granting your premises. Then ensued a scene of woe the like of which no eye had seen nor heart conceived. 351. EXAMPLES OF FAULTY SENTENCES. (1) The man who deserves to be punished escapes... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1891 - 472 страници
...horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye...conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell."' "Brougham contrasts this passage with that in which Demosthenes says that a danger 'went by like a... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1872 - 1100 страници
...exaggerate, the hon. Member said, if he applied to these transactions the famous words — " There ensued a scene of woe the like of which no eye had...conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell." The island of Jamaica was about the size of Yorkshire : it contained a population of about 450,000,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1891 - 384 страници
...over which the British held sway in the Carnatic. " A storm of universal fire," in Burke's language, " blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed...temple." The miserable inhabitants, flying from their burning villages, were slaughtered or swept into captivity. All English eyes turned to Hastings. 9.... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1892 - 382 страници
...over which the British held sway in the Carnatic. " A storm of universal fire," in Burke's language, "blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed...temple." The miserable inhabitants, flying from their burning villages, were slaughtered or swept into captivity. All English eyes turned to Hastings. 9.... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1892 - 1108 страници
...British held sway in the Carnatic. " A storm of universal tire," in Burke's language, "blasted ever)' field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple." The miserable inhabitants, flying from their burning villages, were slaughtered or swept into captivity. All English eyes turned to Hastings. 9.... | |
 | Charles Henry Pearson - 1893 - 376 страници
...mitigation of war confined to Europe. Burke tells us that when Hyder Ali ravaged the Carnatic, ' ' a storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple." When the British armies traversed this district eighteen months later, " through the whole line of... | |
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Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the... 
