... foreboding that some dire calamity was hanging over the silent capital. When he entered it, scarcely a living soul met his gaze as he looked down the long streets ; and when he broke open the buildings he found parlors and bedrooms and chambers all... Napoleon and His Marshals - Seite 278von J. T. Headley - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1850 - 704 Seiten
...palaces and their rich ornaments, nor the parks and gardens and Oriental magnificence that everywhere surrounded him, kept him wakeful ; but the ominous...he broke open the buildings, he found parlours and chambers all furnished and in order, but no occupants. This sudden abandonment of their homes betokened... | |
| 1846 - 730 Seiten
...palaces and their rich ornaments — nor the parks and gardens, and Oriental magnificence that everywhere surrounded him, kept him wakeful, but the ominous...foreboding that some dire calamity was hanging over the silentcapital. When he entered it, scarcely a living soul met his gaze as he looked down the long streets... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1847 - 440 Seiten
...no sleep for Mortier's eyes. Not the gorgeous and variegated palaces and their rich ornaments—nor the parks and gardens, and Oriental magnificence that...he broke open the buildings he found parlours and Led-rooms and chambers all furnished and in order, but no occupants. This sudden abandonment of their... | |
| Salem Town - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...palaces and their rich ornaments, nor the parks and gardens, and oriental magnificence that everywhere surrounded him, kept him wakeful, but the ominous...dire calamity was hanging over the silent capital. 5. When he entered it, scarcely a living soul met his gaze, as he looked down the long streets ; and... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 Seiten
...Oriental magnificence that everywhere surrounded him, kept him wakeful, but the ' ominous •forebodings that some dire calamity was hanging over the silent capital. When he had entered it, scarcely a living soul met his gaze as he looked down the long streets ; and when he... | |
| Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 360 Seiten
...rest, but there was no sleep for Mortier. Not the grandeur of the scene kept him wakeful, but the * foreboding that some "dire calamity was hanging over the silent capital. When he entered it, not one inhabitant was to be seen, and when he broke open the buildings, he found parlours and bedrooms... | |
| Granville series - 1882 - 330 Seiten
...him wakeful, but the awful foreboding that some dire calamity was hanging over the silent capital. 6. When he entered it, scarcely a living soul met his...chambers all furnished and in order, but no occupants. 7. This sudden desertion of their homes betokened some secret purpose yet to be fulfilled. The midnight... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 516 Seiten
...palaces and their rich ornaments, nor the parks and gardens and oriental magnificence that everywhere surrounded him, kept him wakeful, but the ominous...streets; and when he broke open the buildings, he found parlors, bedrooms, and chambers all furnished and in order, but no occupants. This sudden abandonment... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 524 Seiten
...parks and gardens and oriental magnificence that every-where surrounded him, kept him wakeful, hut the ominous foreboding that some dire calamity was...streets; and when he broke open the buildings, he found parlors, bedrooms, and chambers all furnished and in order, but no occupants. This sudden abandonment... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 514 Seiten
...palaces and their rich ornaments, nor the parks and gardens and oriental magnificence that every-where surrounded him, kept him wakeful, but the ominous foreboding that some dire calamity was hanging ever the silent capital. When he entered it, scarcely a living soul met his gaze as he looked down... | |
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