| Edmund Burke - 1890 - 568 oldal
...speaking in the House of Commons of the effects of the Crimean war, borrowed a similar metaphor. ' ' The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. " If Cromwell brought suffering upon England, yet he made her strong and respected.... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1891 - 394 oldal
...that knew them shall know them no more forever." And again, in 1855, in the passage most remembered: "The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood... | |
| James George Frazer - 1895 - 492 oldal
...distant one may return— many such homes may be rendered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the firstborn were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood... | |
| James George Frazer - 1895 - 494 oldal
...distant one may return — many such homes may be rendered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may a I most hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the firstborn were slain of old, to... | |
| Henry Hardwicke - 1896 - 474 oldal
...distant one may return — many such homes may be rendered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born was slain of old, to sprinkle with blood... | |
| Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - 1897 - 412 oldal
...distant one may return —many such homes may be rendered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear 41e beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with... | |
| Charles Anthony Vince - 1898 - 256 oldal
...distant one may return — many such homes may be rendered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood... | |
| Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 oldal
...distant one may return — many such homes may be rendered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the very beatinç of his wings. There is no one to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the sideposts of our doors,... | |
| Annie Barnett - 1900 - 1060 oldal
...distant one may return — many such homes may be rendered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, 3io to sprinkle with... | |
| 1901 - 482 oldal
...fearful loss of life. Who can forget that ot repeated passage from one of John Bright's speeches : " The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood... | |
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