 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction. Compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. While the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 198 pages
...the mountains." This was the " menacing " meteor which blackened all the horizon until it sud" denly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents " upon the plains of the Carnatic." * At the approach of Hyder's army, the frontier-posts, held by Sepoys, surrendered wiih but slight... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1858 - 190 pages
...the mountains." This was the " menacing " meteor which blackened all the horizon until it sud" denly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents " upon the plains of the Carnatic." * At the approach of Hyder's army, the frontier-posts, held by Sepoys, surrendered wiih but slight... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 pages
...could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivity of the mountains. Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pages
...could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all tho materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung...plains of the Carnatic — Then ensued a scene of woo, the tiko of which no nye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1861 - 652 pages
...to hie new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havock, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for...it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its • Burke—" Speech on the Nabob of Aroot's debts." 1773-1784.] HYDER DEFEATED BY COÛTE. 181 contents... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, hp hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains....down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatick. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1869 - 418 pages
...could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. While the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1870 - 954 pages
...These forces had been partly disciplined by French officers. "Whilst the authors of all these evila were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor,...suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents on the plains of the Carnatic. Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1870 - 1038 pages
...to consist of ninety thousand men. These forces had been partly disciplined by French officers. ' ' Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and...menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it snddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents on the plains of the Curnatic. Then ensued... | |
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Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of... 
