 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
 | Henry Hart Milman - 1869 - 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,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1870 - 1038 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 clonds, also, of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1870 - 788 pàgines
...about so hot and inflam'd that at the last one was not able to approch it, so that they were forc'd to stand still and let the flames burn on, which they did for neere two miles in length and one in bredth. The clowds also of smoke were dismall and reach'd upon computation neer 56 miles in length.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 470 pàgines
...hurrying 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 also of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1871 - 328 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 also of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon... | |
 | Alfred L. Sewell - 1871 - 108 pàgines
...hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches was like an hideous storme, and the aire all about so hot and inflamed that at last one was...to approach it, so that they were forced to stand stille and let the flames burn on, which they did for neere two miles in length and one in bredth.... | |
 | Elias Colbert, Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 570 pàgines
...hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, an 1 churches was like an hideous Btorme, and the aire all about so hot and inflamed that at last one was...to approach it, so that they were forced to stand stillc and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 460 pàgines
...hurrying 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...not able to approach it, so that they were forced to 'r. stand still, and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length, and one in... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 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... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1882 - 316 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... | |
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