 | Edward Feilde - 1847 - 210 Seiten
...churches was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last no one was able to approach it; so that they were forced to stand...still and let the flames burn on, which they did for nearly two miles in length and one in breadth. 9 The-ckmds also of smoke were dismal and reached nearly... | |
 | Bits - 1847 - 88 Seiten
...did for neere two miles in length, and one in bredth. The clouds of smoke were dismall, and reach'd upon computation near fifty miles in length. Thus I left it this afternoone burning, a resemblance of Sodom or the last day. London was, but is no more. 4th. The burning... | |
 | Anne (Aunt.) - 1849 - 440 Seiten
...like an hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed that, at the last, one was not able to approach it ; so that they were forced to stand...two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon a computation, near fifty miles in length." Very few lives... | |
 | Henry Peter Dunster - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...was like an hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand...this afternoon burning, — a resemblance of Sodom, or the last day. London was, but is no more. Sept. 4. — The burning still rages, and it was now gotten... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 Seiten
...like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand...two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds, also, of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon computation, near fifty miles in length. Thus, I left... | |
 | 1850 - 790 Seiten
...was so hoi and inflamed that at last one was not able to approach it, so that they were FORCED то STAND STILL AND LET THE FLAMES BURN ON; which they...in length and one in breadth. The clouds of smoke also were dismal, and reached upon computation near fifty miles in length ! Thus I left it this afternoon... | |
 | 1851 - 398 Seiten
...was able to tread on them. The air all about was so hot and inflamed, that, at last, one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand...two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds, also, of smoke, were dismal, and reached, upon computation, near fifty miles in length." The whole... | |
 | London - 1851 - 200 Seiten
...was like a hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand...still, and let the flames burn on, which they did for nearly two miles in length and one in breadth. The clouds also of smoke were dismal, and reached upon... | |
 | James Elmes - 1852 - 500 Seiten
...to approach it, so that people were compelled to be awe-struck spectators of a burning city nearly two miles in length, and one in breadth. The clouds of smoke were thick and dismal, and upon computation nearly fifty miles in length. Pepys describes its appearance... | |
 | charles barker - 1853 - 126 Seiten
...were like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed that at last one was not able to approach it; so that they were forced to stand...for near two miles in length and one in breadth." In this scene of confusion and horror, to be found labouring and directing,-—straining every nerve,... | |
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The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was... 
