Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used... The True Grandeur of Nations: an Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of ... - Page 13by Charles Sumner - 1845 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
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...and murder, shrieks, and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, and imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the streets of Badajos !... | |
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| 1834 - 604 pages
...and murder, shrieks, and piteoui lamentations, groans, shouts, and imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the streets of Badajos !... | |
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| Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...cruelty and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, curses, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the devoted town. Five thousand... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1836 - 498 pages
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...all the dreadful passions of human nature were displayed. Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty and murder, shrieks and piteous...lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used... | |
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