 | 1795 - 432 strani
...to age, to the respect of xank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from children, husbands frcm wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst...captivity, in an unknown and hostile land. Those who were rb!e to evade this tempest, fled to the walled cities. But escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 strani
...part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from children, husbands...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal ; and all was done by... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 strani
...part were slaughtered : others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from children, husbands...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal ; and all was done by... | |
 | George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 strani
...regard to sex, to age, to the respect ol rank, oy sacredness 6f function; fathers torn fromchildren, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry,...drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept iato captivity, in an nn- : known and hostile, land. Those who -were able to evade this tempest, fled... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 strani
...villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from children, husbands...the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pin-suing horses, were swept into captivity, in an unknown and hostile land. Those who were able to... | |
 | 1813 - 458 strani
...part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacrcclness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, •were certainly liberal ; and all was done... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1815 - 746 strani
...part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly .liberal ; and all was done by... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 strani
...respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enreloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading...tempest, fled to the walled cities. But escaping from 5re, sword] and exile, th-jy foil into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 strani
...part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal ; and all was done by... | |
 | 1821 - 510 strani
...part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands...sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. ' The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal ; and all was done... | |
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A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness... 
