 | Charles Knight - 1870 - 954 pages
...scaffolds for its repair. Evelyn says : " The noise and crackling and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the 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 the last one was not able to approach... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1870 - 788 pages
...above 40 miles round about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame ; the noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shreiking of women and children, the hurry of people, the •fall of Towers, Houses and Churches,... | |
 | Elias Colbert, Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 570 pages
...never behold the like, now seeing above ten thousand houses all in one flame; the noise, and crackling, and thunder of the impetuous flames, ye shrieking...children, the 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... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1871 - 328 pages
...above forty miles round about for many nights. God grant my eyes may never behold the like, who saw 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,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 470 pages
...about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, which now saw above ten thousand houses all in one flame. The noise, and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames; the shrieking of women and children ; the hurrying of people; the fall of towers, houses, and churches,... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...above forty miles round about for many nights. Grod 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... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1872 - 646 pages
...executed Romish Babylon would be destroyed by tire. mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame. The noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous names, the shrieking of the women and children, the hurry of the people, the fall of towers, houses,... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 252 pages
...above 10,000 houses all in one flame ; the noise and crackling and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of houses, towers, and churches, was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 pages
...above 40 miles round about for many nights. God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame : the noise,...towers, houses, and churches, was like an hideous storm, and the air all about so hot, and inflam'd, that at last one was not able to approach it, so... | |
 | Joseph W. Bird - 1873 - 294 pages
...ground which had been burnt over. " The noise and crashing and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people,...towers, 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,... | |
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God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw 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... 
