 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...  THE DUBLIN PENNY JOURNAL - Page 157by Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 888 pages
...the lights extinct. Nothing was then to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children,...for their parents, others for their husbands; and the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come which was to destroy the gods and... | |
 | Henry Howe - Adventure and adventurers - 1854 - 740 pages
...screams of children, and the cries of men : some calling for their husbands, and onlydistinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own...to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting up their hands to the gods ; but the greater number imagining that the last day was come, which was... | |
 | Edward MacDermott - Great Exhibition - 1854 - 236 pages
...the lights extinct. 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 ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of... | |
 | James Walter Wall - Europe - 1856 - 336 pages
...historian Tacitus, — "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,...his own fate, another that of his family — some lifting their hands to the gods ; but the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was... | |
 | James Walter Wall - Naples (Italy) - 1856 - 48 pages
...historian Tacitus — " 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,...voices : one lamenting his own fate, another that of ids family — soma lifting their hands to the gods; but the greater part imagining that the last and... | |
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - Europe - 1856 - 344 pages
...with emotions of wonder and delight s\ich. as. Letter — Continued. women, the screams of children, and the cries of men, some calling for their children, others for th«ir parents, others for their husbands, and distingushing each other by their voices ; one lamenting... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Electronic journals - 1857 - 532 pages
...the lights extinct. 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,...family, some wishing to die from the very fear of dying At length a glimmering light appeared, then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1858 - 496 pages
...lights are extinct. Nothing there was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men : some calling for their children,...gods; but the greater part imagining that the last and ctenial uight was come which was to destroy the gods and the world together. Among these were some... | |
 | Julia Kavanagh - Italy - 1858 - 344 pages
...the lights extinct. 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,...wishing to die from the very fear of dying, some lifting up their hands to the gods ; but the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come,... | |
 | Jacob Bigelow - 1859 - 456 pages
...the lights extinct. 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,...family, some wishing to die from the very fear of dying At length a glimmering light appeared, then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower... | |
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