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" ... The conquest of a city is a scene of sorrow and desolation ; the conquest of the heart is a source of blessedness. The former is a spectacle of horror. Homes and temples are enveloped in flames; the peaceful streets, where only sounds of industry... "
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Página 381
1799
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A New General History of Scotland: From the Earliest Times, to the ..., Volumen2

Robert Heron - 1796 - 512 páginas
...The com; batants rufhed together, with loud fhouts ; and to thefe fucceeded thjs clangour of fhields, the crafh of breaking fpears, the rattling of quivers,...-bow-ftrings, the cries of the wounded, and the groans of rhe dying. The long fhafts of the fpears, were, for the greater part, quickly broken ; and the fpearmen.,...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volumen26

Tobias Smollett - 1799 - 614 páginas
...combatants ruflied together, with loud (limits ; and to thefe fucceeded the clangour of fhields, the craih of breaking fpears, the rattling of quivers, the twanging...fmaller arms. - But, the archers, and thofe armed with,other miflile weaports, who wore little defenfive armour, and fought from a diftance, made a much...
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Parte2

1794 - 802 páginas
...Dourliniki, calling and encouraging his followers ; and we foon diilindly heard the clashing of ("words, the cries of the wounded, and the groans of the dying. The noife, which at firftttvas very great, feemed at length to di* away. It recommenced foon after, it...
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The Sunday School Repository, Or, Teachers' Magazine, Volumen1,Tema 8

1813 - 1368 páginas
...has been terrible, one after another have fallen, the battle waxed hotter and hotter, and even amidst the cries of the wounded, and the groans of the dying, the fight has been continued fiercer and fiercer, till one of the armies was victorious, and as if giving...
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The Oscotian, or literary gazette of St. Mary's

Oscott St. Mary's sem - 1828 - 496 páginas
...trampled beneath the gory hoofs of the steeds, without regard to age, sex, or condition. The air rung with the cries of the wounded and the groans of the dying, the shrieks of mothers and the unavailing screams of bleeding infants. Sickening with disgust at the horrid...
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Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, and Journal of Education

1813 - 1404 páginas
...has been terrible, one after another have fallen, the battle waxed hotter and hotter, and even amidst the cries of the wounded, and the groans of the dying, the fight has been continued fiercer and fiercer, till one of the armies was victorious, and as if giving...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volumen6

David Thomas - 468 páginas
...peaceful streets, where only sounds of industry were heard, are filled with slaughter and blood, with the cries of the wounded, and the groans of the dying ; the gorgeous palace is pillaged ; the treasures of the great are plundered, and every age, sex, and rank,...
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The Homilist: A Series of Sermons for Preachers and Laymen

Erwin House - 1860 - 500 páginas
...peaceful streets, where only sounds of industry were heard, are filled with slaughter and blood, with the cries of the wounded, and the groans of the dying ; the gorgeous palace is pillaged ; the treasures of the great are plundered, and every age, sex, and rank...
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The Homilist: A Series of Sermons for Preachers and Laymen

Erwin House - 1860 - 510 páginas
...peaceful streets, where only sounds of industry were heard, are filled with slaughter and blood, with the cries of the wounded, and the groans of the dying ; the gorgeous palace is pillaged ; the treasures of the great are plundered, and every age, sex, and rank...
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The Slave Trade in Africa in 1872: Principally Carried on for the Supply of ...

Etienne Félix Berlioux - 1872 - 100 páginas
...bands of fugitives might be seen gaining the woods; and then would be heard the sound of fire-arms, the cries of the wounded, and the groans of the dying. The activity of this trade may be proved by a visit to Kota-Kota, the settlement of a large Arabian merchant...
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