 | Samuel Kinns - 1885 - 578 Seiten
...when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights extinguished. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams...family; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying; and the greater part imagining that the last eternal night was come which was to destroy all mankind... | |
 | Samuel Kinns - 1887 - 862 Seiten
...when there is no moon, but of a room when it is shut up and all the lights extinguished. Nothing then was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams...family; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying; and the greater part imagining that the last eternal night was come which was to destroy all mankind... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1887 - 364 Seiten
...side "nothing was to be heard but the shrieks of women and children, and the cries of men : some were calling for their children, others for their parents,...only distinguishing each other by their voices : one was lamenting his own fate, another that of his family; some wished to die, that they might escape... | |
 | William Gee - 1895 - 336 Seiten
...smoke rolled over them, and utter Darkness darkness overspread them. Nothing was then heard and dis- but "the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another... | |
 | William Gee - 1895 - 340 Seiten
...them, and utter Darkness darkness overspread them. Nothing was then heard and dis- l^ " tne snrieks of women, the screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another... | |
 | John Fletcher Horne - 1900 - 400 Seiten
...impregnated with suffocating vapours, and the darkness was deeper than that of the blackest midnight. Nothing was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the clamours of men. " All wanted aid, but there was none to help." In their consternation, they increased... | |
 | Arthur Hamilton Norway - 1901 - 402 Seiten
...night, nor that when there is no moon, but that of a closed room when all the lights are out. Nothing was to be heard but the shrieks of women, the screams...and only distinguishing each other by their voices. ... At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an ajv... | |
 | George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford - 1903 - 352 Seiten
...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 cries of men. Some were calling for their children, others for their parents, The Eruption of Vesuvius 277 others for... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1904 - 462 Seiten
...side "nothing was to be heard but the shrieks of women and children, and the cries of men : some were calling for their children, others for their parents,...only distinguishing each other by their voices : one was lamenting his own fate, another that of his family; some wished to die, that they might escape... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1905 - 502 Seiten
...all the lights put out. You might hear the shrieks of women, the screams of children, and the shouts of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and seeking to recognise each other by the voices that replied; one lamenting his own fate, another that... | |
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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, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices; one lamenting... 
