 Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed...  The Competitor - Page 601882Full view - About this book
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, nor heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war, before known... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...horizon, it suddenly - burst, and poured down the te hole of its contents, on the plains of the Carnatic. Then, ensued a scene of woe , • • the like of which, / no eye - had seen, nor heart conceived, \ and which no tongue could adequately tell. All the horrors of war, - before... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pages
...horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic : then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye...destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age,... | |
 | New Jersey Historical Society - New Jersey - 1849 - 428 pages
...accomplishment, forcibly reminds us of one of the most touching pieces of eloquence in our language. " Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye...new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every Held, consumed every house, destroyed every temple, the miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...and poured down the whole of its contents on the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of wo, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived,...universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, and destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part... | |
 | Queen's University of Belfast - Education, Higher - 1852 - 306 pages
...horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye...destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, were in part slaughtered; others without regard to sex, to age,... | |
 | 1851 - 560 pages
...it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.—Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had...destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...and poured down the whole of its contente upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of wo, elievers.' ' Not a Christian I' exclaimed Mademoiselle...would he were a Christian 1' 'There isa pride in huma Л storm of universal fin blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...benefactor, that it merits to be distinguished by the title gratitude. [Trinity College, 1848.] 161. THEN ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye...destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 608 pages
...horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic — then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye...destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age,... | |
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