 | Books - 1841 - 644 pages
...shot aimed at himself: when he gave way to his passion, and ordered a general massacre of the Indians. The slaughter raged from sunrise till the day was...city was set on fire in several places, and was soon involved in one scene of destruction, blood, and terror. " At length Nadir, satiated with carnage,... | |
 | David Oliver Allen - India - 1856 - 646 pages
...orders to make a general massacre of the inhabitants. The Persians were accustomed to such work, and " the slaughter raged from sunrise till the day was...city was set on fire in several places, and was soon involved in one scene of destruction, blood, and terror." While this terrible carnage was going on,... | |
 | DAVID O.. ALLEN, D. D. - 1856 - 636 pages
...orders to make a general massacre of the inhabitants. The Persians were accustomed to such work, and " the slaughter raged from sunrise till the day was...city was set on fire in several places, and was soon involved in one scene of destruction, blood, and terror." While this terrible carnage was going on,... | |
 | David Oliver Allen - India - 1856 - 652 pages
...orders to make a general massacre of the inhabitants. The Persians were accustomed to such work, and " the slaughter raged from sunrise till the day was...all the horrors that could be inspired by rapine, Inst, and thirst of vengeance. The city was set on fire in several places, and was soon involved in... | |
 | Robert Clark - 1885 - 412 pages
...of the people, he ordered a general massacre of the Indians. The slaughter raged from sunrise until the day was far advanced, and was attended with all the horrors of destruction, lust, and blood. Nadir sat in silence in the little mosque of Ruku-uddowlah in the... | |
 | 1898 - 946 pages
...Peru," pages 224-225.) The Indian history repeats the same black tale. On Nadir's capture of Delhi, " the slaughter raged from sunrise till the day was far advanced, and was attended with all the horror that could be,inspired by rapine, lust, and thirst for vengeance. The city was set on fire in... | |
 | 1909 - 476 pages
...the period on the eve of 1750 and the war between France and England. Here is a scene from 1739: " The slaughter raged from sunrise till the day was...that could be inspired by rapine, lust and thirst for vengeance. The city [Delhi] was set on fire in several places, and was soon involved in one scene... | |
 | Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...aimed at himself; when he gave way to his passions, and ordered a general massacre of the Indians. The slaughter raged from sun-rise till the day was...rapine, lust, and thirst of vengeance. The city was on fire in several places, and was soon involved in one scene of destruction, blood, and terror. At... | |
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The slaughter raged from sunrise till the day was far advanced, and was attended with all the horrors that could be inspired by rapine, lust and thirst of vengeance. The city was set on fire in several places, and was soon 