 | John Bigland - Geography - 1811 - 586 pages
...assistance of the Russian princes. He then advanced into Russia, where Riazan was the first prin. cipality that felt the desolating fury of the Tartars. These...all the men able to bear arms were put to the sword, the women and children carried into captivity ; submission met with no greater lenity than resistance... | |
 | Johannes von Müller - World history - 1818 - 460 pages
...progress of barbarous invaders ; the city was levelled to the ground, all its male inhabitants who were able to bear arms were put to the sword, and the women and children sold into slavery. The Huns afterwards plundered and defaced, without entirely destroying, the ancient... | |
 | Nathaniel Hooke - Rome - 1830 - 624 pages
...scarce remained any appearances of its having been cultivated or inhabited ; all the men that were found were put to the sword, and the women and children carried into slavery. Ores, b. 3. c.22. § II. In the meantime, and in the beginning of the Ycar of administration... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1833 - 476 pages
...the birthplace of Motassem, which he took and levelled with the ground. The male inhabitants were all put to the sword, and the women and children carried into captivity. At Malatia, in Cappadocia, 1000 females were made prisoners ; these, and the natives of other towns... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 pages
...rejected these terms, the siege was to be formed, and when the place was taken, the men were to be put to the sword, and the women and children carried into captivity ; several regulations for their humane treatment in that condition being given in other parts of Scripture.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - History, Ancient - 1846 - 562 pages
...resistance ; the city was \ captured and levelled with the ground ; all the male inhabitants J who were able to bear arms were put to the sword, and the \ women and children were sold into slavery. i4. The Huns also plundered and defaced almost all the cities in Northern Italy.... | |
 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - Arabs - 1853 - 532 pages
...sometimes devoted to the meaner uses of cow-houses and stables. At Rawar, and Askalanda, all the men in arms were put to the sword, and the women and children carried away captive. At Multan, all men capable of bearing arms were massacred ; six thousand ministers of... | |
 | Thomas Wright - France - 1856 - 446 pages
...the besiegers. With regard to the christian inhabitants of Narbonne, we are assured that all the men were put to the sword, and the women and children carried into slavery. As the position of Narbonne, near the sea, made it of great importance for his future operations,... | |
 | Henry M. Elliot - India - 1867 - 590 pages
...rimes devoted to the meaner uses of cow-houses and stables. At Rawar, and 'Askalanda, all the men in arms were put to the sword, and the women and children carried away captive. At Multan, all men capable of bearing arms were massacred ; six thousand ministers of... | |
 | Firdawsī - English poetry - 1892 - 450 pages
...proceeded against Failakiis (Philip of Macedon), then king of Rum, whom he defeated with great loss. Many were put to the sword, and the women and children carried into captivity. Failakiis himself took refuge in the fortress of Amur, from whence he sent an ambassador to Darab,... | |
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Failakus (Philip of Macedon), then king of Rum, whom he defeated with great loss. Many were put to the sword, and the women and children carried into captivity. Failakus himself took refuge in the fortress of Amur, from whence he sent an ambassador to... 
