 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
 | Evan Daniel - 1863 - 298 pàgines
...people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm, and the air all about was so hot and inflamed, that at last one was not able...still and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth." Sad as was this calamity at the time, it led to improvements... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - 1865 - 748 pàgines
...hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like an hideous storme, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last one was...length and one in breadth. The clouds of smoke were disrnall, and reached, upon computation, neer fifty miles in length." The merchants and shopkeepers... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 946 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... | |
 | 1865 - 976 pàgines
...houses, and churches, were 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...forced to stand still and let the flames burn on. This they did for nearly two mike in length and one in breadth. On Tuesday, the 4th, Evelyn tells us... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 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 ye flames burn on, wcl1 they did for neere two miles in length and one... | |
 | Joseph Hughes - 1866 - 332 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... | |
 | Belgravia - 1866 - 552 pàgines
...houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm ; and the air about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach it, so that they...stand still and let the flames burn on, which they did about two miles in length and one in breadth.' On the Tuesday about eight o'clock, Taswell, an eye-witness,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1867 - 232 pàgines
...the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, were like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed that at last one was...were forced to stand still and let the flames burn out, which they did for nearly two miles in length and one in breadth." For more than a week the devouring... | |
 | 1867 - 494 pàgines
...houses and churches, was like an hideous storme, and the aire all about so hot and inflamed that at the last one was; not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still and let ye flames burn on, which they did for neere two miles in length and one in bredth. The clouds also... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - 1868 - 588 pàgines
...houses, ' and churches, was like a hideous storm ; and the air ' 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 more ' than two miles in length and one in breadth. The ' clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached,... | |
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