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" It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame, mountains of red rolling flame, like immense waves of the sea, alternately bursting forth and elevating themselves to skies of fire, and then sinking into the ocean of flame... "
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Page 140
1822
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 11

1822 - 496 pages
...hands upon the walls or the windows on the side next to Moscow, in consequence of their heated state. It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire,...into the ocean of flame below. • Oh, it was the roost grand, the most sublime, and <he most terrific the world ever beheld ! !" POLYHYMMA. BY J.YMES...
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The Napoleon Anecdotes: Illustrating the Mental Energies of the ..., Volume 1

William Henry Ireland - 1822 - 334 pages
...side next to Moscow, in consequence of their heated state. It was the spectacle of a sea and hillows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame ; mountains of...themselves to skies of fire, and then sinking into the flame below. Oh, it was the most grand, the most sublime, and the most terrific sight the world ever...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1850 - 704 pages
...apartment were so hot that he could scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he, years afterwards, " It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame, like immense waves of the sea, alternately bursting forth and elevating themselves to skies of fire,...
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The history of England, during the reign of George iii, Volume 3

William Jones - 1825 - 572 pages
...the walls or the windows on the side next to Moscow, in consequence of their heated state. It teas the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky...alternately bursting forth and elevating themselves to skies offlre, and then sinking into the ocean of flame below. Oh ! it was the most grand, the most sublime,...
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Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: With ..., Volume 2

Charles Angélique François Huchet comte de La Bédoyère - 1827 - 570 pages
...could scarcely bear their hands upon the walls and windows on the side next Moscow. It was, he said, the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky...below. Oh, it was the most grand, the most sublime, the most terrific sight the world ever beheld ! ! To the premature cold, and the burning of Moscow,...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review

1828 - 506 pages
...Review, JVb. 1, p. 22-245. BUONAPARTE'S DESCRIPTION " IT was the spectacle of a sea and billows of lire ; a sky and clouds of flame ; mountains of red rolling...bursting forth and elevating themselves to skies of lire ; and then sinking into the ocean of the flame helow. 0 it was the most grand, the most Of THE...
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Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 2

1828 - 284 pages
...scarcely 'iear their hands upon the walls and windows on the Jide next Moscow. " It was," he said, " the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds > -f flame ; mountains of red rolling flames, like immense waves of the sea, alternately bursting forth...
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History of Russia, from the foundation of the empire, by Rurik, to the ...

Thomas Willcocks - 1832 - 586 pages
...the walls of the windows on the side next to Moscow, in consequence of their heated state. It was a spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and...themselves to skies of fire, and then sinking into oceans of Jlame below. Oh! it was the most grand, the most sublime, the most terrific sight the world...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 4

1837 - 680 pages
...hands upon the walls or the windows on the side next to " Moscow, in consequence of their heated state. It was the " spectacle of a sea and billows of fire,...the sea, alternately bursting forth and elevating them" selves to skies of fire, and then sinking into the ocean of " flame below. Oh .' it was the most...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 4

1837 - 670 pages
...hands upon the walls or the windows on the side next to " Moscow, in consequence of their heated state. It was the " spectacle of a sea and billows of fire,...flame; mountains of red rolling flames, like immense wares " of the sea, alternately bursting forth and elevating them" selves to skies of fire, and then...
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