 ... passing through the town unusually clamorous. The inhabitants were equally perplexed and frightened : some expected to find an army of French and Indians; others feared an earthquake, and dissolution of Nature. The consternation was universal. Old...  The Echo: With Other Poems - Page 322by Richard Alsop, Theodore Dwight - 1807 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Peters - Connecticut - 1782 - 462 pages
...Indians; others feared an earthquake, and diffolution of nature. The confternation was univerfal. - Old and young, male and female, fled naked from their beds with worfe fhriekings than tbofe of the frogs. The event was fatal to feveral women. The men, after a flight... | |
 | Several Hands - 1782 - 586 pages
...and Indians; others feared an earthquake, and diiTolution of nature. The confternation was univerfal. Old and young, male and female, fled naked from, their beds, with worfe (hriekings than thofe of the frogs. The event was fatal to feveral women. The men, after a flight... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1782 - 588 pages
...and Indians ; others feared an earthquake, and diflblution of nature. The confirmation was univerfal. Old and young, male and female, fled naked from their beds, with worfe {hriekings than thofeof the frogs. The event was fatal to feveral women. The men, after a flight... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1810 - 874 pages
...expected to find an army of French and Indians . others feared an earthquake, and dissolution of nature. The consternation was universal. Old and young, male and female, fled naked from their beds, with wovae shriekings than those of the frogs. The event was filial to several women. The men, after a flight... | |
 | 1814 - 580 pages
...young, male and female, fled hastily from their beds with worse shriekings than those of the frogs. The men, after a flight of half a mile, in which they...finding no enemies in pursuit of them, made a halt, txnd summoned resolution enough to return back to their wives and children, when they distinr.tly heard... | |
 | 1814 - 550 pages
...Indians, others feared an earthquake or dissolution of nature. Old and young, male and female, Sed hastily from their beds with worse shriekings than those of the frogs. The men, after a flight of half a mile, in which they met with many broken shins, finding no enemies in... | |
 | Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 pages
...immediate dissolution of nature. The consternation was universal. Old and young, male and female, fled . from their beds, with worse shriekings than those...fatal to several women. The men after a flight of above a mile, in which they met with many broken shins, finding -no enemies in pursuit of them, made... | |
 | Samuel Peters - Connecticut - 1829 - 440 pages
...expected to find an army of French and Indians; others feared an earthquake, and dissolution of nature. The consternation was universal. Old and young, male...a mile, in which they met with many broken shins, rinding no enemies in pursuit of them, made a halt, and summoned resolution enough to venture back... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 294 pages
...expected to fi'nd an army of French and Indians; others feared an earthquake, and dissolution of nature. The consternation was universal. Old and young, male...of half a mile, in which they met with many broken shim, finding no enemies in pursuit of them, made u halt, and summoned resolution enough to venture... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...an earthquake, and dissolution of nature. The consternation was universal. Old and young, mole end female, fled naked from their beds with worse shriekings than those of the froga. The event vea fatal to several women. The men, after a flight of half a mile, in which they... | |
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