 | John Russell (painter.) - 1748 - 324 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 1757 - 390 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1807 - 424 pagina’s
...to death in the dark, by the crowd that followed us. We had scarcely stepped out of the path, when Darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy...but of a room when it is shut up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing, then, was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1809 - 620 pagina’s
...scarcely stepped out of the path, when darkness overspread- us, not likethat of a cloudy night,,or when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut Up, and all the lights extinct. Nothing, then, was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pagina’s
...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...but of a room when 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... | |
 | Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pagina’s
...after us like a torrent. I proposed while we had yet any light, to turn out of the high road, lest she should be pressed to death in the dark by the crowd...but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pagina’s
...be pressed, to death by the crowd that followed us. " ' We had scarcely stepped out of the path when darkness overspread us: not like that of a 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,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1868 - 766 pagina’s
...multitudes perished miserably by the highways and on the seashore. The dense darkness, " like that of a room when it is shut up and all the lights extinguished," continued, according to Pliny, for three days. At Rome, the earth trembled, and the... | |
 | 1830 - 570 pagina’s
...put to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. We had scarce stepped out of the path, than darkness overspread us, not like that of a cloudy...but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights extinct. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries... | |
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... when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up and all 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... 
