 | World history - 1765 - 622 pages
...tieflroyed ; fome by (heets of lead, that poured like a molten deluge upon their heads, others mafhed by the fall of the roofs, and the reft burnt alive....horror, and death, more dreadful than this. After the (hocks were over, the fire continued burrfing for many weeks ; and it is thought was one principal... | |
 | World history - 1765 - 614 pages
...deftroyed ; fome by fheets of lead, that poured like a molten deluge upon their heads, others mafhed by the fall of the roofs, and the reft burnt alive....form a fcene of confufion, horror, and death, more dreaJful than this. After the (hocks were over, the fire continued burning for many weeks ; and it... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1767 - 506 pages
...their heads; others mafhed by the fall of the roofs, and the reft burnt alive. Imagination can fcarcely form a fcene of confufion, horror, and death more dreadful than this. After the fhocks were over, the fire continued burning for many weeks; and it is thought, was one principal caufe... | |
 | World history - 1783 - 506 pages
...flieets of lead, that poured like a molten delag* upon their heads, others maftied by the fall of jhe roofs, and the reft burnt alive. One's imagination...and it is thought was one principal caufe of their efcaping the plague, "as theputrejadlion of the bodies was by that means much lefs.' The calculation... | |
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... by the fall of the roofs, and the reft burnt alive. One's imagination can fcarce form a fcene of confufion, horror, and death, more dreadful than this. 'After the... 