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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... "
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 3

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 632 pages
...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...regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, were swept into captivity in an unknown...
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...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...others; without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of xank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from children, husbands frcm wives, enveloped in a whirlwind...
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History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 7

William Belsham - 1805 - 470 pages
...no heart conceived, and which no tongue caft adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of...regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of furiction, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, were swept into captivity in an unknown...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...can adequately tell. All the horrours of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havock. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed...regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...can adequately tell. All the horrours of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havock. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed...regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...Madras to the court of directors, 27th June 1769. t M i. Duodai's committee, Report 1. Appendix No. 29. universal fire blasted every field, consumed every...temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their iaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of...
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The Warrior's Looking Glass: Wherein is Shewn from Many High Authorities ...

George Beaumont - War - 1808 - 218 pages
...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 miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming every house, destroyed every temple. Xhje villages,...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 3

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrours of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of...temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their naming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to age, to the respect of rank, or...
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The Stranger: A Literary Paper ..., Volume 1

1813 - 458 pages
...can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havock. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed...regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacrcclness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind...
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London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive ..., Volume 2

Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1814 - 924 pages
...the ravages of Hyder Ally in that highly cultivated and populous quarter. At this period it is said a storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed...their flaming villages, in part •were slaughtered, till one dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region. In September 1780, Hyder Ally surrounded...
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