 | 1834 - 438 pages
...moment I heard the same voice heseeching me to rise, and savin?, ' О my God ! the world is on fire !' I then opened the door ; and it is difficult to say...some speechless, and some with the bitterest cries, hut most with their hands raised, imploring God to save the world and them. The scene was truly awful... | |
 | Child rearing - 1840 - 460 pages
...heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, ' Oh, my God ! the world is on flre !' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say...the scene, or the distressed cries of the negroes. Upward of one hundred lay prostrate on Ihe ground ; some speechless, and some uttering the Iiitterest... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, " Oh ! master ! the world is on fire !" I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say...most, the awfulness of the scene, or the distressed shrieks of the negroes. Upward of one hundred lay prostrate on the ground — some speechless, and... | |
 | Philip Tocque - Newfoundland - 1846 - 418 pages
...heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, ' Oh, my God ! the world is on fire ! ' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say,...prostrate on the ground; some speechless, and some uttering the bitterest cries, but most with their hands raised, imploring God to save the world and... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying ' O my God, the. world is on fire !' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say...speechless, and some with the bitterest cries, but with their hands raised, imploring God to save the world and them. The scene was truly awful ; for... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 896 pages
...the door calling my name I arose, | seechiiig me to rise, and saying, ' О my the world is on fire !' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say...the scene, or the distressed cries of the negroes. Upward of one hundred lay prostrate on the ground — some speechless, and some with the bitterest... | |
 | Ira Mayhew - Education - 1850 - 476 pages
...I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise and saying, ' O ! my God, the world is on fire!' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say...the scene or the distressed cries of the negroes. Upward of one hundred lay prostrate on the ground, some speechless, and some with the bitterest cries,... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Educational sociology - 1850 - 586 pages
...then opened the door, and it is dimcult to say which excited me most — Ihe nwfulness of the Kcene, or the distressed cries of the negroes. Upwards of...prostrate on the ground ; some speechless, and some uttering the bitterest cries, but most with their hands raised, imploring (;od to save the world and... | |
 | 1854 - 602 pages
...I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, ' O my God, the world is on fire !' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say which excited me most—the awfulness of the scene, or the distressed cries of the negroes. Upward of one hundred lay... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1857 - 624 pages
...heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, " Oh ! master ! the world is on fire !" I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say...most, the awfulness of the scene, or the distressed shrieks of the negroes. Upward of one hundred lay prostrate on the ground — some speechless, and... | |
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While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment, I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying ' O my God, the. world is on... 
