 No age, or character, or sex, was exempt from injury. Cardinals, nobles, priests, matrons, virgins, were all the prey of soldiers, and at the mercy of men deaf to the voice of humanity. Nor did these outrages cease, as is usual in towns which are carried...  A Manual of General History : B Being an Outline History of the World from ... - Page 324by John Jacob Anderson - 1876 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1769 - 508 pages
...of Rome feveral months; and during all that time the infolence and brutality of the foldiers fcarce abated. Their booty in ready money alone amounted to a million of ducats ; what they raifed by ranfoms and exactions far exceeded that fum. Rome, though taken feveral different times by... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1777 - 538 pages
...pofleffion of Rome feveral months ; and during all that time the infolence and brutality of the foldiers hardly abated. Their booty in ready money alone amounted to a million of ducats ; what they raifed by ranfoms and exactions far exceeded that fum. Rome, though taken feveral different times by... | |
 | William Robertson - 1777 - 430 pages
...pofieflion of Rome feveral months ; and during all that time the infolence and brutality of the foldiers hardly abated. Their booty in ready money alone amounted to a million of ducats ; what they raifed by ranfoms and exactions far exceeded that fum. Rome, though taken feveral different times by... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...carried by assault, when the first fury of the storm was over: the imperialists kept possession of Home several months ; and, during all that time, the insolence and brutality of the soldiers scarce abated. Their booty in ready money amounted to a million of ducats: what they raised by ransoms... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1804 - 424 pages
...these outrages cease, as is usual in towns •which are carried by assault, when the first fury of the storm was over ; the Imperialists kept possession of Rome several months ; and, daring all that time, the insolence and brutality of the soldiers hardly abated. Their booty in ready... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1809 - 396 pages
...these outrages cease, as is usual in towns which are carried by assault, when the first fury of the storm was over; the Imperialists kept possession of...far exceeded that sum. Rome, though taken several different times by the northern nations, who over-ran the empire in the fifth and sixth centuries,... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 570 pages
...these outrages cease, as is usual, in towns which are carried by assault, when the first fury of the storm was over: the imperialists kept possession of...time, the insolence and brutality of the soldiers scarce abated. Their booty in ready money amounted to a million of ducats: what they raised by ransoms... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...these outrages cease, as is usual in towns which are carried by assault, when the first fury of the storm was over : the imperialists kept possession...far exceeded that sum. Rome, though taken several different times by the northern nations who overran the empire in the fifth and sixth centuries, was... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 596 pages
...cease, as is usual in towns which are carried by assault, when the first fury of the storm was over i the imperialists kept possession of Rome several months;...far exceeded that sum. Rome, though taken several different times by the northern nations who over-ran the empire in the fifth and sixth centuries, was... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 598 pages
...cease, as is usual in towns which are carried by assault, when the first fury of the storm was over 1 the imperialists kept possession of Rome several months;...raised by ransoms and exactions far exceeded that sum. Home, though taken several different times by the northern nations who over-ran the empire in the fifth... | |
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