Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed... The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - Side 399av Edmund Burke - 1834Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1795 - 432 sider
...it suddenly burst, and poured down the whol« of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had...conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 464 sider
...upon the plains of the Carnatick — Then enfued a fcene of woe, the like of which no eye had feen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately...war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havock. A ftorm of univerfal fire blafted every field, confumed every houfe, deftroyed every temple.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 sider
...and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatick — Then ensued a scence of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart...war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havock. A storm of" • Letter from the presidency at Madras to the court of directors, 27th June 1769.... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 sider
...poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatick. — Then ensued a scene of wo, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived,...war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havock. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 sider
...poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatick. — Then ensued a scene of wo, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived,...war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havock. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.... | |
| George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 sider
...it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had...conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1808 - 654 sider
...intercourse itself, he decreed to make the Carnatic an everlasting monument of his vengeance ; then ensued a scene of woe the like of which no eye had...and •which no tongue can adequately tell ; all the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc." I will not wound the feelings... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 sider
...it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had...temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their naming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to age, to the respect of rank, or... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 924 sider
...the ravages of Hyder Ally in that highly cultivated and populous quarter. At this period it is said a storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed...their flaming villages, in part •were slaughtered, till one dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region. In September 1780, Hyder Ally surrounded... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 932 sider
...the ravages of Ilyder Ally in that highly cultivated and populous quarter. At this period it is said a storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed...their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered, till one dead, uniform silence reigned over thr •whole region. In September 17SO, Hyder Ally surrounded... | |
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