 | John Russell (painter.) - 1748 - 324 pages
...by the crowd that " followed. " We had fcarce fteped out of the path, when " a darknefs over-fpread us, not like that of a " cloudy night, or when there is no moon, but " of a room when it is Ihut up, and all the lights " eitindl. Nothing then was to be hear'd but " the Ihrieks of women, the... | |
 | Midwife - 1750 - 302 pages
...Dark ., by the Crowd that followed. We had fcarce ftepped oat of the Path, when a Darknefs overfpread us, not like that of a cloudy Night, or when there is no Moon, but of a Room when 'sis fhut up, and .all the Lights extinci ; nothing then was to be heawl but the Shrieks of Women,... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - Latin letters - 1757 - 390 pages
...dark, by the crowd that followed us. We had fcarce fteped out of the path, when darknefs over-fpread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or when there is no moon, but of a room when it is fhut up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing then was to be Y 2 hear'd hear'd but the fhrieks of women,... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...in the dark, by the crowd that followed us. We had scarcely stepped out of the path, when dark' ness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or...it is shut up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing thenwas to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - Astronomy - 1815 - 568 pages
...pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when a darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy...but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights are extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...scarce stepped out of the path, when a darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or wheu there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights are extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 590 pages
...pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when a darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy night, or when there is no muon, bat of a room when it is shut up and all the lights are extinct. Nothing then was to be heard... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...proposed, while we had yet any light, to turn out of the high road, lest she should be pressed, to death by the crowd that followed us. " ' We had scarcely...cloudy night, or when there is no moon ; but of a room that is shut up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women,... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1836 - 354 pages
...road, lest she should be pressed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, when darkness overspread...there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up, * An island twenty miles from Naples, now called Capri. and all the lights extinct. Nothing then was... | |
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Nothing, then, was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices; one lamenting... 
