 ... wished to propagate a race which divine wrath seemed to have marked for persecution. The thousands of villages which had covered the face of the country were absolutely abandoned to the wolves, which had so rapidly increased that they attacked not...  The Netherlands - Page 176by Thomas Colley Grattan - 1833 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Howard Brownell - World history - 1860 - 592 pages
...wolves, which had so rapidly increased, that they attacked not merely cattle and children, but grown-up persons. The dogs, driven abroad by hunger, had become...was an entangled mass of trees, weeds, and grass." Unable to obtain assistance from France, torn as she was by civil wars, the states had recourse to... | |
 | Thomas Colley Grattan - Netherlands - 1899 - 418 pages
...wolves, which had so rapidly increased that they attacked not merely cattle and children, but grown-up persons. The dogs, driven abroad by hunger, had become...life were so high that people of rank, after selling everything to buy bread, were obliged to have recourse to open beggary in the streets of the great... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1904 - 706 pages
...wolves, which had so rapidly increased that they attacked not merely cattle and children, but grown-up persons. The dogs, driven abroad by hunger, had become...life were so high that people of rank, after selling everything to buy bread, were obliged to have recourse to open beggary in the streets of the great... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - Netherlands - 1906 - 508 pages
...wolves, which had so rapidly increased that they attacked not only cattle and children, but grown-up persons. The dogs, driven abroad by hunger, had become...beasts of prey, and joined in large packs to hunt down animals and men. Neither fields nor woods nor roads were distinguishable by any visible limits. All... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1907 - 724 pages
...wolves, which had so rapidly increased that they attacked not merely cattle and children, but grown-up persons. The dogs, driven abroad by hunger, had become...life were so high that people of rank, after selling everything to buy bread, were obliged to have recourse to open beggary in the streets of the great... | |
 | Thomas Colley Grattan - History - 2007 - 357 pages
...wolves, which had so rapidly increased that they attacked not merely cattle and children, but grown-up persons. The dogs, driven abroad by hunger, had become...life were so high that people of rank, after selling everything to buy bread, were obliged to have recourse to open beggary in the streets of the great... | |
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