 God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame : the noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches...  National history and views of London with its environs, 2 vols - Pàgina 461837Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1844 - 490 pàgines
...houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach it, so that they...still, and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached upon... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 332 pàgines
...no horse nor man was able to tread on them. The air all about was so hot and inflamed, that, at the last, one was not able to approach it, so that they...still and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pàgines
...towers, houses, and churches, was like an hideous storme, and the »ire all about so hot and inflam'd, forc'd to stand still and let ye flames burn on, vr<* they did for nt*re two miles in length and one... | |
 | 1845 - 952 pàgines
...hurry of people — the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed that at last one was...still and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds, also, of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon... | |
 | England - 1845 - 478 pàgines
...houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach it, so that they...still, and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached upon... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pàgines
...the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches was like an hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last one was...still and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds of smoke were dismal, and reached upon computation... | |
 | Edward Feilde - 1847 - 210 pàgines
...churches was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last no one was able to approach it; so that they were forced to stand...still and let the flames burn on, which they did for nearly two miles in length and one in breadth. 9 The-ckmds also of smoke were dismal and reached nearly... | |
 | Bits - 1847 - 88 pàgines
...towers, houses, and churches, was like an hideous storme, and the aire all about so hot and inflam'd, that at last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forc'd to stand still and let the flames burn on, w ch they did for neere two miles in length, and... | |
 | Anne (Aunt.) - 1849 - 440 pàgines
...houses, and churches, was like an hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed that, at the last, one was not able to approach it ; so that they...still and let the flames burn on, which they did, for near two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon... | |
 | Henry Peter Dunster - 1850 - 372 pàgines
...hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like an hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last one was...still, and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds of smoke were dismal, and reached upon computation... | |
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