 Ah! Ketling hastened, not waiting even till the troops had marched out: for at that moment the bastions quivered, an awful roar rent the air; bastions, towers, walls, horses, guns, living men, corpses, masses of earth, all torn upward with a flame, and...  Pan Michael: An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey; a ... - Page 498by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Jeremiah Curtin - 1925 - 527 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henryk Sienkiewicz - Poland - 1893 - 560 pages
...delivered to the troops of the hetman. All the bells in the monastery were ringing. The church was rilled with a throng of nobles and soldiers, who wished to...cavalier of the Commonwealth. It was whispered that the hetman himself was to come to the funeral ; but as he had not appeared so far, and as at any moment... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 498 pages
...began to pray. His last words were, "Grant her, O Lord, to endure this patiently; give her peace ! a Ah! Ketling hastened, not waiting even till the troops...cavalier of the Commonwealth. It was whispered that the hetman himself was to come to the funeral; but as he had not appeared so far, and as at any moment... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1897 - 490 pages
...while. "And say to her from me — " He halted again, and then added quickly, " This life is nothing ! 9 The bowman departed. After him the troops went out...cavalier of the Commonwealth. It was whispered that the hetman himself was to come to the funeral; but as he had not appeared so far, and as at any moment... | |
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