| 单词 | pillaged |
| 例句 | Now the ship that had plundered and pillaged up and down the east coast of the American colonies was sinking under the relentless attack of a British man-o’-war that had chased it upriver. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I can give no explanation how I came to this understanding, save that I did not want to become the blighted man who dangled before me, pillaged by the birds. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The Poles who had pillaged our neighbors' apartment had tipped them off, telling them that we were Jews and that my father had refused to hand over the key. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The trade in metal pillaged from memorials and artworks is booming. Stolen memorials: melted down means lost for ever 2012-06-10T17:10:01Z She adds that many of these historic sites were so poorly maintained and understood in peacetime that it is little wonder they were pillaged in the war. Trapped in Homs, Architect Imagines a New Future for Syrian Cities 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Although Cambodia has pushed the Met and other museums in recent years for the return of individual statues and sculptures it says were pillaged between 1970 and 2000, this effort is far broader. Cambodia Says the Met Museum Has Dozens of Its Looted Antiquities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Vegetation and damp engulfed his building and its materials were pillaged. Can Foster and Acosta rescue Cuba's lost temple to ballet? 2012-11-25T00:05:43Z Prosecutors and Cambodian officials say Mr. Latchford obtained the items sold to Mr. Clark from a looting network that had pillaged them systematically for decades and trafficked them through Thailand, where Mr. Latchford was based. Netscape Founder Gives Up $35 Million in Art Said to Be Stolen 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z That first harvest of classical art would be largely pillaged by Napoleonic armies, but as Rome regenerated more of its past has resurfaced in fields turned back into suburbs. ‘Rome: A History in Seven Sackings’ Review: The City That Survived 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Thus, a series of interrelated images is slowly being reconstituted, and a building that was pillaged of its treasures is being made whole. They come to bury the Corcoran, not to praise it Tales of cars disappearing from outside buildings; ornate and antique woodwork being pillaged from historic mosques; people waking up to find land designated for farming suddenly turned into construction zones; or heritage sites in ruin. Can an Outsider Tell the Story of Post-Revolution Egypt? 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z He was a Christian convert of Jewish origins, whose sizable art collection was pillaged while he hid in the Hungarian countryside during the war. British Panel Urges Tate to Return Looted Constable Painting, Again 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Some 15,000 pieces, including ancient statues, sculptures and cuneiform tablets, were pillaged. The National Museum of Iraq Reopens 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z My mission was to see if I could reconnect Jewish families and others with fine art pillaged from their relatives during . A Reporter in France Helps to Return Art Taken by the Nazis 2014-01-30T13:00:01Z The Hopi people have been pillaged throughout their history. Paris auction house sells Hopi masks despite tribe's objection 2013-04-12T16:23:01Z In his later years Dee had his library pillaged and his reputation tarnished by accusations of occultism; he died in poverty. Music Review: An Alchemist Reaches Out Across Centuries 2011-07-03T19:14:09Z European explorers rediscovered the place in the 19th and early 20th centuries and pillaged it, carrying off thousands of manuscripts and paintings stored in the so-called Library Cave. Art in Review: ‘Dunhuang’: ‘Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road’ 2013-08-15T21:25:27Z Yet if MoMA could turn these objects — notably pillaged Benin bronze plaques, which the curators borrowed from German ethnographic museums — into “modern” sculpture, the anonymous Africans who made them certainly did not become “modern artists.” The African Artist-Writer Who Mapped New Worlds 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Steps have been taken to alert auction houses, other participants in the art market and customs officials to trade in pillaged Syrian treasures, including circulating a “red list” of typical objects. In Syria and Iraq, Trying to Protect a Heritage at Risk 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Townspeople died by the hundreds in this area of Belgium as the advancing Germany army, fearful of saboteurs, attacked civilians, then burned and pillaged their towns. A slaughter, then oblivion, mark France's deadliest day in World War One 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Back then it lived in a loft above the Wild Oats grocery store, a local chain for the well-heeled conscientious liberal that has since been bought, pillaged, and Zombie-inhabited by Whole Foods. Disneyland with my invisible guest 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z The report by Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr and French art historian Benedicte Savoy marks a potential milestone in the fight by African countries to recover works pillaged by Western explorers and colonisers. French commission to urge return of looted African art 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Jeff, a 65-year-old Canadian in Acapulco, said he was stuck in the city and worried how he would survive the coming days because "all the stores have been pillaged." Mexico's Acapulco ravaged by looting after Hurricane Otis 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z As well as weathering many storms, it survived being pillaged for firewood in 1940s post-war Britain. Tree of the Year 2023: Wrexham's sweet chestnut wins competition 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z More than 200,000 others have been displaced by violence, with many crammed in makeshift shelters after gangs pillaged their communities. UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z A Walgreens in San Francisco chained up its freezer section in July after it repeatedly was pillaged by thieves. California Gov. Newsom targets retail theft epidemic 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The storm approached as more than 200,000 people in Haiti are displaced, having to stay with family or in makeshift shelters because warring gangs pillaged and set fire to their homes. Haiti and Dominican Republic brace for Tropical Storm Franklin as Harold approaches Texas coast 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z A shopper who uploaded a video of the chaos captured pillaged clothing racks, broken display counters and ringing clothing sensor tag alarms. Flash mobs invade luxury L.A. retailers with brute force, overwhelming numbers 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z With the Pac-12’s most valuable properties effectively pillaged, only Washington State, Oregon State, Stanford and California remain. UW president: Big Ten move was necessary to deliver ‘stability for our players, for our coaches, for our teams’ 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z However, many priceless Libyan antiquities have disappeared: pillaged by Europeans in colonial times, appropriated after independence or looted in the chaos that has followed a 2011 NATO-backed uprising. Libya recovers colonial wolf statue sold as scrap and found on a farm 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z He said it was a temporary measure that was taken because “we were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!” Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z In a Friday tweet, Musk described the new restrictions as a temporary measure that was taken because “we were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!” Twitter users run into service issues after Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading tweets 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z He claimed that the social media platform was "getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users". Twitter temporarily restricts tweets users can see, Elon Musk announces 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z "We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!" Twitter now needs users to sign in to view tweets 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In April, dozens of looters, some holding crack pipes, pillaged a drugstore. Sao Paulo’s downtown takes a turn for the worse, with wandering drug addicts harassing residents 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Looters, some of whom Khartoum residents and neighbourhood committees say belong to the RSF, have pillaged neighbourhoods across the capital, stealing cars, breaking open safes, and occupying homes. Clashes between Sudan's warring factions intensify, no end in sight 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In 881, the Great Fleet pillaged across present-day Holland, raiding inland as far as Charlemagne’s capital of Aachen and sacking it. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Temples were desecrated, ransacked and pillaged . . . sacred objects were scornfully flung aside, the holy icons and the holy vessels were desecrated. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They went on the rampage killing hundreds of thousands as villages were burnt and pillaged. Sudan's Darfur fighting: Trapped and too scared to go to the toilet 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Sources in Geneina, near the border with Chad, said armed men on horses, motorbikes and trucks had pillaged parts of the city, triggering fighting between the army and RSF. Battle in Sudan's capital risks awakening war in Darfur 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In at least one Kherson prison, inmates said the retreating Ukrainian officials pillaged food supplies, leaving them to their fate under the guard of the few officers who remained at their posts. For Ukrainian Convicts, a Strange Odyssey Through Russian Prisons 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z It may be the single biggest collective art heist since the Nazis pillaged Europe in World War II. Your Monday Briefing: A Fatal Plane Crash in Nepal 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Kushite soldiers pillaged the city and took with them a number of statues and other valuables, including a bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z International art experts say the plundering may be the single biggest collective art heist since the Nazis pillaged Europe in World War II. As Russians Steal Ukraine’s Art, They Attack Its Identity, Too 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Much of the property pillaged from Jewish families in the Netherlands was stored in a bank in Amsterdam. Hunting for Nazi gold in a Dutch village 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “Now we don’t have anything yet. Everything is destroyed and pillaged, a complete disaster.” Russian rockets slam into Ukrainian city near nuclear plant 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “And that’s a beautiful, beautiful thing as a choreographer to not see your work pillaged or cut down.” How Sara Silkin's choreography for 'Jibaro' turned animation into a study of movement 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z She wore a crown with pillaged stones from India and Africa. 'Mourn the queen and not the empire': Sunny Hostin from 'The View' demands reparations 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z For more than a century, the pillaged wealth of the Asian subcontinent had turbocharged the British economy and undergirded Britain’s rise to global preeminence. Analysis | Queen Elizabeth II and the end of Britain’s imperial age 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Treasury is pillaged by the war industry and the nation disemboweled. Ukraine, media censorship and the ruthless politics of permanent war 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z More recently, controversies about stolen artifacts have led some museums to return pillaged artifacts — such as the Smithsonian’s decision to return Benin Kingdom Court-style artworks to their homeland in Nigeria. What is a ‘museum’? A revised definition looks forward, not back. 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z African countries have battled for years to recover works pillaged by explorers and colonisers, while Western institutions are grappling with the cultural legacies of colonialism. London's Horniman Museum to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The focus on the UK marks the latest phase in the Cambodians' campaign to recover the country's most precious carvings and statues that were pillaged and then sold on to Western museums and private collectors. The long struggle to return Cambodia's looted treasures 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Walking through their trench, he rummaged through what they had left behind, including clothing, a toilet that was probably pillaged from the nearby village, and an empty vodka bottle. As the war moves east, Russia and Ukraine still facing off in Kherson 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z And yes, I guess that does mean I’ve gotten to the point in adulthood where I get to see my childhood pillaged. Paramount’s new Star Trek NFTs utterly miss the point of Star Trek 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Hundreds of villages were burnt and pillaged, with widespread accusations of ethnic cleansing against the civilian population. Sudan Darfur crisis: ICC to try war crimes suspect 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Looters then pillaged many antiquities from the site. With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve buddhas 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z In the letter, the Bahamas National Reparations Committee says the British monarchy “has looted and pillaged our land and our people for centuries, leaving us struggling with under-development, left to pick up the pieces.” Prince William tells Jamaicans: Slavery ‘stains our history’ 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “They pillaged their colonies and then went back to their own tiny island and said, ‘Now we’ll be a democracy,’” he said. Opinion | In Russia, I Learned, Threats Were Always Real 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Not since 1814, when British soldiers marched into Washington, had the Capitol been overrun and pillaged. Opinion | If we are to save our democracy, there must be a reckoning for the Jan. 6 attack 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z More than 300 people were killed and thousands of businesses were pillaged and razed. South Africa's High Court orders former president Zuma to go back to jail 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The sculpture of a cockerel was one of hundreds of Benin Bronzes that were pillaged from the once mighty Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now Nigeria. Cambridge college returns looted Bronze to Nigeria, setting precedent 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z In Dublin, children pelted teachers and parents with rotten cabbages, while in London youths with sharpened sticks pillaged the streets. Llanelli school strike: The schoolboys who defied the cane 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z More than 300 people were killed and thousands of businesses pillaged and razed. South Africa court resumes ex-leader Zuma's protracted arms deal trial 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Eritrean forces arrived in the northern town of Hitsats on Nov. 19, killed residents, and pillaged and occupied the refugee camp, HRW said. EXCLUSIVE HRW: Eritrean and Tigrayan forces killed and raped refugees 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Then there’s the outrageous domestic terrorist attack against our very nation — the Jan. 6 insurrection, when mobs of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed and pillaged the U.S. Opinion | Since 9/11, most terrorism in this country has been made in the USA 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Bashir’s home was pillaged and the family’s cherished garden was destroyed. Afghan refugees in U.S. despair from afar: ‘There is no hope’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of people died and many villages were burnt and pillaged. Darfur conflict's latest surge in violence displaces thousands 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Securities and Exchange Commission, which oversees stock issuance in this country, have sat on their thumbs under five administrations as China has pillaged our economy and our security markets. Opinion | China played the feckless SEC 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Now they are basically just pillaged ruins aside from the still functional airfield. A Siege, a Supply Run and a Descent Into a Decade-Old Battle 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The report documents how in several towns ethnic Tigrayans had been attacked and had their homes pillaged and burned. Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Trump still won’t admit he lost the election, and he still denies any responsibility for inciting the mob that looted, pillaged and desecrated the Capitol, leaving four rioters and a police officer dead. Perspective | Trump made official what has always been obvious: He’s Florida Man 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z A pillaged Capitol and five deaths later — including that of Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick — they suddenly saw the light. Opinion | In the Capitol nightmare, democracy prevailed 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The office was pillaged, with art torn from the wall, chairs and furniture out of place, and a Trump flag left "to mark their presence," Merkley said. Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley says laptop stolen from office during Capitol riots 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z A lawsuit from an investor accused Calle and the rest of the ownership group of having “pillaged” the company, only to settle for undisclosed terms in 2019. Why buy the Village Voice? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z The governor ordered six patrol vehicles and other surveillance equipment to replace those pillaged by the suspected jihadists. Rebels attack villages in northern Nigeria, killing 10 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z “This is a group that he supports,” Mr. Trump said of demonstrators who injured Philadelphia police officers and pillaged big-box stores uncontested. Trump links Biden to latest riots: ‘I stand with the heroes of law enforcement’ 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z But the current crisis is largely of Lebanon’s own making; a culmination of decades of corruption and greed by a political class that pillaged nearly every sector of the economy. Analysis: Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z "We're not just going to watch our cities be burned and pillaged. We're coming to bring hope and peace to the violence." California churches hold beach services, worship at City Hall in defiance of state ban 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z HTS also pillaged the homes of displaced civilians and indiscriminately shelled densely populated government-held areas "with no apparent legitimate military objective", spreading terror among civilians living there, the investigators found. 'Flagrant war crimes' committed in Idlib battle 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Rush, 73, turned over the security video from his office, where he said he found eight or more officers, including three supervisors taking refuge in his office while small businesses were pillaged. Dem congressman likens Chicago police union to KKK: 'Like kissing, hugging and law-breaking cousins’ 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z In Ghent, a statue of Leopold II, the Belgian king who pillaged and looted the Congo, was covered in a hood with the caption “I Can’t Breathe” and splashed with red paint. What black America means to Europe 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Bands of looters pillaged stores without regard for nearby police officers. After Peaceful Protests, Looters Strike at Macy’s and Across Midtown 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Downtown locations of national retailers Eileen Fisher, Old Navy and The North Face, among others, were pillaged. Downtown businesses assess damage, weigh reopening after nights of looting and chaos 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Others looted an already pillaged Target and a boarded up liquor store. George Floyd protesters set Minneapolis police station on fire 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Toren’s great-uncle, the wealthy Jewish industrialist and art collector David Friedmann, was forced to flee and the Nazis pillaged his extensive collection. Lives Lost: Holocaust survivor reclaimed Nazi-looted artwork 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Here is anecdotal evidence about a friend of a friend whose island was pillaged and razed. I opened my Animal Crossing island to strangers on Twitter, and it wasn’t a complete disaster 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z They pillaged hotels and restaurants and burned chalets to the ground if they found someone who'd been drafted to work in a German factory and failed to go. How a Jewish girl hid from the Nazis in an alpine ski resort 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The first message warned that “we will burn the reputation of their banks the same way we torched their banks,” referring to protesters across Iran who pillaged and burned about 730 bank branches. Iran Banks Burned, Then Customer Accounts Were Exposed Online 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The whole economy and social structure were purged and pillaged. In place of Berlin’s Wall now stands a barrier of sullen resentment | Neal Ascherson 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z District Judge Karin J. Immergut heard from victims who recounted how they were duped by Nathan Wheeler’s cordial, personable manner only to be devastated to learn how he had pillaged their life savings. Oregon CPA who ripped off Olympic snowboarder gets prison 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Detective Jack McNally and his colleagues headed right over, arriving to find the Hall of Gems a total mess, with numerous display cases shattered, the cabinets broken and their contents pillaged. How a Band of Surfer Dudes Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in N.Y. History 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The government had penetrated and pillaged the servers of global technology companies. Four Years in Startups 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Some jars, pillaged by previous customers, stand empty save for the inky pickling dregs, or with their walls like frosted panes in winter, etched in salt and sugar. The Enduring Appeal of Hawaii’s Preserved Fruits 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z "Flags were taken as trophies. Buildings were pillaged. The liberators took whatever they could of the occupier. The black market in Nazi goods flourished - and indeed it is still there." How a Hitler bust was found under French Senate 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z For Palestinian refugees from Yarmouk, the excavation of their cemetery, now pillaged and badly damaged, is the latest in a long series of painful episodes. An Israeli soldier went MIA 37 years ago. International intrigue and DNA testing brought him home. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z “We are being pillaged by these people,” he said. ‘Getting Worse, Not Better’: Illegal Pot Market Booming in California Despite Legalization 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Jammeh pillaged money through force, threatening those who dared to stand up to him, and setting up various accounts to hide the assets. Investigative group says Gambia ex-leader stole $1 billion 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Some 465 houses and buildings were burned down or pillaged, including two primary schools, a health centre, a health post, a market and the office of the country's independent electoral commission, the UN said. 'Nearly 900 killed' in DR Congo clashes 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Luxury department stores on Boulevard Haussmann were evacuated and convenience stores were pillaged. Paris riots: Macron to hold emergency meeting after worst unrest in decade 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Half report that at least one member of their family has been killed, or say their homes and belongings have been pillaged or destroyed. 'They killed my children and raped me': horrific violence remains rife in Congo 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “They were not gratefully received. Edward took what he wanted – pillaged and plundered.” Gone and long forgotten: Robert the Bruce’s overlooked brother Edward 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Many of the weapons being used, intelligence sources say, was pillaged from Libya after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi in 2012. New Al Qaeda cell forms in Burkina Faso, as terror group cements foothold in Africa 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z And we are all losers as the creatures with which we share this planet are pillaged to extinction. This corrupt, illegal war on wildlife makes losers of us all | Dominic Jermey 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z He added: “No cause justifies that security forces are attacked, shops pillaged, public or private buildings set on fire, pedestrians or journalists threatened or that the Arc de Triomphe is sullied.” Paris riots: Macron to hold emergency meeting after worst unrest in decade 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z A week later, he came back to a house pillaged to its foundation. Syrians find plenty of bargains at markets for looted goods — sometimes their own 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Looters pillaged, burned and vandalized shops in Haiti’s capital Sunday after two days of violent protests over the government’s attempt to raise fuel prices. World Digest: July 8, 2018 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z But they also reflected the abiding dissonance of those years: The very communities that were being creatively pillaged were being politically ignored and repressed, and their frustration would boil over as the decade progressed. Why Early ’80s New York Matters Today 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z It was a reaction to an Emirati minister’s retweet of a claim that the Turkish president’s “forefathers” pillaged the holy city of Medina. Turkey to rename US Embassy street after Syria offensive 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The partnership happened to coincide with the years when President Clinton protected Mr. Aristide, even as he pillaged Haiti. The Truth in Trump’s Vulgarity 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The fashion world is even more egregious, where young and hardworking designers regularly have their work pillaged and copied by firms with greater capital or by designers with inherited wealth. The Struggling Artist at 86 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The empirical policies of this administration seem quite evident: chaos, misdirection, indiscriminate lying and juvenile behavior while the country is looted and pillaged. Opinion | The Looting of America’s Public Lands 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z According to the local Fox News affiliate, Massey’s frightening display fell victim to something even more frightening—local thieves who pillaged his decorations. Frontline In The War on Halloween Is in This Man's Yard 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z As they describe it, the North was invading the South, and the soldiers were fighting to defend their homes, their land and their families against invaders who pillaged their towns. Tributes to Confederate and Union troops in the same Florida park reflect an ongoing war over the monuments 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z More days than not, the president appears to view trade pacts as fresh opportunities for the United States to get mugged in a global marketplace in which countries are either pillaging or getting pillaged. In Trade Actions, Trump Embraces Unpredictability 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z While the two men restrained the teen, a third robber walked in and pillaged the home of more than $200,000 in valuables. Men in orange work vests steal $200,000 in valuables during Calabasas home invasion robbery 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z A local Budniskowsky supermarket was broken into and pillaged, with its contents emptied or destroyed and graffiti lining the walls. Trump Says He Plans to Visit London, After All 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Remember those scene of pirates chasing women throughout a pillaged town? Disneyland plans a PC makeover for its Pirates of the Caribbean attraction 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Foreign powers, successive leaders and an alphabet soup of rebel groups have all pillaged its rich natural resources. For 2 Experts Killed in Congo, U.N. Provided Little Training and No Protection 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Forests across the tropics are already being pillaged for timber and razed for agriculture. The wooden skyscrapers that could help to cool the planet 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z In the early 1900s, as Southern California’s population surged, and a fascination with unusual desert species intensified, tourists and gardeners pillaged the local Eden. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The tale began in 1939, when the wealthy Jewish industrialist and art collector David Friedmann was forced to flee and the Nazis pillaged the vast collection he left behind. Artwork Nazis stole in WWII returning to Jewish owner’s heir 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But an ornate wooden pulpit modeled on the one inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque was pillaged. Aleppo's landmark mosque bears scars of Syria's war 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z When that temple was pillaged by foreign invaders, the remaining oil was barely enough to burn for one more day. New York Today: Lessons Beyond Latkes 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z He read about the Zapatistas, and about how the Spanish had pillaged Latin America. The Ex-Con Scholars of Berkeley 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say he pillaged the institute and couldn’t account for hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and state grants. Jury ends day with no verdict in sport institute trial 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The US had been irresponsible to sell or hand out weapons to "its many battlefield partners," and in failed states rebels had pillaged regime depots. How Many Guns Did the U.S. Lose Track of in Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of Thousands. 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Viviana was 14 when a paramilitary group formed by wealthy farmers to defend themselves against the FARC pillaged her family’s farm and stole the animals. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z He believes Vikings pillaged English horses and sailed to Iceland with them. Vikings Possibly Spread Smooth-Riding Horses Around the World 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Others may be alarmed by mounting evidence that a foreign power penetrated and pillaged one of the nation’s major political parties. Is Vladimir Putin Taking Sides in the Presidential Election? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The consequence, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, is that they, too, are being pillaged. Unbalancing the scales 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Both Castile and Sterling will be further dehumanized; their pasts will be pillaged, and attempts will be made to recast both victims as the gunmen, the aggressors who brought their deaths upon themselves. How Police See Us, and How They Train Us to See Them 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Some of the fake institutions reportedly pillaged photographs and information about courses and departments from the websites of genuine universities. Degree of scepticism required: China warns students over fake universities 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z In the chaotic, violent April of 2003, as US tanks rolled into Baghdad, the Iraq Museum was broken into and pillaged. Museum of Lost Objects: Looted Sumerian Seal - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z After the Communist government fell, in 1992, Gul Agha and his men had taken part in the civil war that pillaged Kandahar. The Man Who Made Millions off the Afghan War 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z In housing projects on the outskirts of the capital, Tunis, roving groups of young people pillaged a bank and looted stores and warehouses. Tunisia unrest leads to nationwide curfew 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The flip side is that the roster has been pillaged by injuries in a jammed-up Eastern Conference, providing angles for consideration of a better future. Underachieving Wizards reach season’s midpoint: The good, the bad and the future 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Museums and libraries have been pillaged, books burned, artwork crushed—or trafficked. Iraq’s Oldest Christian Monastery Destroyed by Islamic State 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Museums and libraries have been pillaged, books burned, artwork crushed or trafficked. Isis has destroyed Iraq's oldest Christian monastery, satellite images confirm 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Museums and libraries have been pillaged, books burned, artwork crushed — or trafficked. Only On AP: The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State group's relentless destruction of sites it considers heretical 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z They also know that a successful terrorist attack on American civilians, or vivid images of a pillaged Kuwait, could galvanize resentment against Saddam Hussein. Following Start of Gulf War, No All Quiet on the Western Front 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The forces pillaged houses and shops and there were indiscriminate killings and arrests, according to residents. Burundi: Police accused of unlawful killings of civilians after attacks on 3 military bases 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Some militiamen, known locally as Janjaweed, pillaged and burned villages and killed civilians. Twelve years after conflict erupted, Darfur's 12 year-olds have big ambitions 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Libya similarly fell apart when its autocratic leader was killed and its arsenals were pillaged and sent to terror groups across a broad crescent of crisis. After the great unraveling: A harrowing glimpse of the world that awaits 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Empty pick-up trucks descend to the town and return laden with everything from satellite dishes to tricycles pillaged from the homes of Sunni Muslims whom Yazidis accuse of collaborating in the atrocities committed against them. 'I'll warm myself on fire of revenge': Hatred hangs in ruins of Iraq's Sinjar 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z She plundered and pillaged after declaring her intention to do so. Ronda Rousey learned a painful truth: an unblemished career is extremely rare 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z One moment in the third Republican presidential debate encapsulates everything terrible about baby boomers and the way they’ve pillaged the U.S. economy. Baby boomers are what’s wrong with America’s economy 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z There was 1929, when Palestinians massacred 69 Jews, pillaged homes and ransacked synagogues. Palestinian Uprising Shifts to West Bank City of Hebron 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “Places of religion and hospitals were attacked, humanitarian assistance was impeded, towns pillaged and destroyed, places of protection were attacked and there was testimony of possible conscription of children under 15 years old.” South Sudan civil war inquiry details torture and forced cannibalism 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Would they be pillaged for profit, fall victim to another cultural atrocity, or both? Why ISIS Wants to Destroy Syria's Cultural Heritage 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Private residences and offices for the International Organisation for Migration and a medical charity were pillaged Sunday afternoon, according to a Reuters witness. Hundreds break out of main jail in Central African Republic 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z “They miserably ravaged and pillaged everything,” a monk wrote of a late eighth-century Viking raid on a monastery on Lindisfarne, an island off the northeast coast of England. Norway Again Embraces the Vikings, Minus the Violence 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Kind of like wearing the teeth of your pillaged enemy as a necklace. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Cornrows and Cultural Appropriation 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The irony of the “resource curse” is particularly true in the region that President Obama is headed to, as vast natural resource wealth is violently pillaged by African and non-African collaborators. President Obama Must Help Tackle Africa's Hijacked States 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Echoing his environmental encyclical of last month, the pope said the Earth “is being pillaged, laid waste and harmed with impunity” while “one international summit after another takes place without any significant result.” Pope Asks Forgiveness for Church's Crimes Against Indigenous 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Governor Yakouba Soumana Goah said Thursday the attackers pillaged stores and burned homes in the early hours of the morning before withdrawing from the villages located near the border with Nigeria. Boko Haram attacks villages in Niger, 40 dead, says official 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z They pillaged the Thunder for this season’s MVP runner-up and Harden’s rise also allowed Houston to capitalize on a declining Bryant’s refusal to defer to Dwight Howard in Howard’s one year in Los Angeles. New kids on the block shake up the NBA establishment 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Rioting after the Gray death marked Baltimore with building fires, charred cars and pillaged storefronts. Freddie Gray: Lawyers see possible reductions of charges for officers in death of Gray 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z After the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, looters pillaged many archaeological sites and museums across the country, but Nimrud was largely spared. Islamic State bulldozes, loots ancient Nimrud archaeological site 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z A tribal source from the nearby city of Mosul told Reuters the radical Sunni Islamists, who dismiss Iraq's pre-Islamic heritage as idolatrous, had pillaged the 3,000-year-old site on the banks of the Tigris River. Islamic State militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Stories of families on the run, fleeing their homes while they are pillaged and burned. Benjamin Watson, New Orleans Saint, writes viral post for persecuted Christians 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Far from rebuilding the economies of Southern Europe, Germany pillaged them in the name of fiscal rectitude. In Greek crisis, Germany should learn from its fiscal past 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Hoosiers wanted a change, not to have their wishes pillaged by vigilante politics. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z In July, President Sirleaf closed all general markets near the country’s border, and the empty wood stalls, half-collapsing from disuse, felt like pillaged ground. Surviving Ebola 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z And, in a series of cheesy Home Shopping Network-like commercials, he offered to sell their pillaged goods, at deeply discounted prices, on mayhemsale.com. For the College Playoff, Super-Size Ads 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “The Samaras government, which pillaged Greek society with brutal measures, is history. So too are all of the the austerity plans.” Greece to hold early elections in challenge to EU austerity plan 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Gunfire broke out near the Great Mosque, and Muslims pillaged Armenian shops and homes, going door to door, killing hundreds. Atoning for a Genocide | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Many people know a friend, relative or school acquaintance whose college savings or retirement fund was pillaged by Madoff’s gargantuan Ponzi scheme. Where Are Bernie Madoff and His Inner Circle Now? 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Some held up and pillaged from trucks that were bringing in aid. Tacloban One Year On 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z He said the rebels pillaged the village, which is seven days walk from the regional center of Mambasa. UN says rebels kill 6, kidnap 47 in Congo 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z To get things started, let’s look at three extremely well-known companies and the ways they pillaged their way to the top of their respective industries. Why Creativity Isn't All About Originality 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Trailing Duvalier's old mother with them, they lived in opulent hotels and villas on the French Riviera, drawing on the $100m or so they had pillaged from state funds. Jean-Claude Duvalier obituary 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Having pillaged Washington and burned the White House, the British army and navy were intent on sacking Baltimore, a much larger and more important city. Francis Scott Key’s anthem keeps asking: Have we survived as a nation? I helped draw the curtains and hid with them when a band of street boys pillaged our neighbourhood. I watched the western media turn away from explaining the world 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z And Jeff Immelt is manifestly no slouch, nor is the GE management bench, which routinely gets pillaged by other major companies looking for CEO’s. Houston And GE: Opposite Fates From The Fiat Dollar 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Hedonism was rife, and it wasn't just the musicians who pillaged. The end of the roadie: how the backstage boys grew up 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Knapp, likened by some police and locals to 19th-century American frontiersman Davy Crockett for his outdoor skills and hardiness, pillaged the mountain cabins for food, firearms and other supplies during the winter months. Utah's 'mountain man' survivalist sentenced to prison after guilty pleas 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z In response to the attack, youth pillaged and vandalized one of Bangui’s last mosques. How to Change Course in Central African Republic 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z It was a time of devastation in northern Mali: first the rebels pillaged the town, then the jihadis imposed a brutal form of sharia law on the population. The book rustlers of Timbuktu: how Mali's ancient manuscripts were saved 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z His appointees pillaged the agency like Vikings come upon a defenseless hamlet. Gotham: In Newark, Where Crime Is One of Many Foes, a Punchy Race for Mayor 2014-05-13T01:38:37Z But that was before Buddhist mobs torched and pillaged her neighborhood, forcing thousands of ethnic Rohingya like herself to flee to a hot, desert-like patch of land on the outskirts of town. Rohingya Dying From Lack of Health Care in Myanmar 2014-03-12T14:02:30Z They extorted money from locals, pillaged farmers' harvests and set up road blocks, demanding money or goods from anyone travelling through. Persuading the rebels to go home to Rwanda 2014-02-11T01:01:41Z KABUL, Afghanistan — Every piece of antiquity that is restored to the halls of the bombed, pillaged and now rebuilt National Museum of Afghanistan sends a message of defiance and resilience. Saving Relics, Afghans Defy the Taliban 2014-01-13T13:32:44Z Up to 800 metric tons a year of Australian sandalwood are now being pillaged from conservation reserves, private land and even the sides of roads, authorities say. Illegal Loggers Tap Australian Prize 2013-12-27T23:40:50Z Looters pillaged stores in a handful of provinces over the weekend, including Entre Ríos, where one man died and 25 others were injured. Looting Sweeps Across Argentina 2013-12-09T20:51:13Z In total 116 runs were pillaged as England's bowlers struggled to offer sustained threat on a lifeless pitch, the chances that did come once again spurned to add to the tourists' frustration. England toil as Australia dominate 2013-12-06T07:46:51Z Gaddafi's overthrow flooded the Sahara with pillaged weapons and ammunition, which Tripoli has failed to clamp down on. Chaos, Islamist threat plague Libya's lawless desert south 2013-06-20T13:37:13Z Mr. Garson pillaged the estate of his aunt and Mr. Mason dipped into an escrow account. Gotham: She Could Use Some Help, but Too Many Politicians Only Help Themselves 2013-05-14T02:25:07Z In addition to physical brutality, nearly all Shia schools were closed or pillaged, forcing religious leaders to relocate their centers of learning outside of Iraq’s borders. Is religious sectarianism Iraq’s fatal flaw? 2013-03-19T16:09:50Z But tumbling copper prices in the 1980s took its toll, as did the compounded effect of the Mobutu government's system of patronage, which pillaged the company over decades. Insight: Congo's neglected state miner hankers for past glory 2013-02-22T11:09:02Z The cathedral, with its original 13th-Century rose window, was pillaged and nearly demolished in revolutionary France. Paris Notre Dame cathedral turns 850 2012-12-25T00:20:35Z At Pier 84, at West 44th Street, large paving stones heave upward in two places, while a two-year-old playground at Pier 25 looks as if it was pillaged. Hudson River Park Still Without Power Because of Hurricane Sandy 2012-12-15T00:18:58Z Ms. Middleton, aka the Duchess of Cambridge, enlists riled royals everywhere miffed their privacy is being pillaged. Topless Kate Middleton? Nothing Compared to Bank Secrecy Laid Bare 2012-09-18T04:06:37Z But there are reports of the libraries and the research centers being pillaged, their contents sold on a thriving black market. The Trouble in Timbuktu 2012-09-03T05:00:00Z These are valuable goods and can be pillaged. Timbuktu's Ugly Siege 2012-07-15T08:45:00Z A voyage of discovery IN THE days when Norsemen pillaged their way around the monasteries and villages of Europe, Norwegian shipwrights were at the forefront of naval architecture. Marine technology: A voyage of discovery 2012-07-12T15:01:25Z But prosecutors alleged that Durham and his partners pillaged Fair Finance to enrich themselves and their friends — buying classic cars, houses and casino trips — and to help Durham’s other struggling businesses. Jury Convicts Ind. Financier in $200M Fraud Scheme 2012-06-21T06:11:25Z They also set fire to the police station and pillaged bars and stores where alcohol was sold. Muslim Salafis Attack Police in Jendouba, Tunisia 2012-05-27T01:07:22Z She said several villages were recently pillaged near the border between North and South Kivu provinces, and at least four people burnt alive in their homes. Women, children targeted in renewed Congo clashes 2012-05-25T15:55:17Z Tents had been overthrown, it is true, houses had been burnt, wagons had been pillaged; and the work of plunder was still going on. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Finally, the men of the rear-guard also complained: 'If we had not considered the Prophet's safety above all things, we should have fought with you and pillaged as ye did.' The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z In 1834 it joined the rebellion against Ibrahim Pasha, who took the town and pillaged it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z We have seen in our time, that in war made under colour of defence of the Church, the priests have been so often pillaged with contributions, that no enemy might do more. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z Aunt Ellen's room had escaped the pillaged appearance which upstairs at the Deanery was even more conspicuous than below; it was crowded with religious pictures in religious Oxford frames, religious Gothic furniture, and religious books. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Heaven send that he may not march back again; for then, he would come right through Breteuil; and we are poor enough without being pillaged by those vagabond English. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z In Boston things went so far that a nunnery was pillaged and burned by a mob. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The captain was afterwards chosen admiral of seven or eight vessels, and pillaged a town in Florida, named St. Augustine, although it possessed a castle protected by 200 men. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z On the 15th of May a detachment of the American army pillaged and laid waste as much of the adjacent country as they could reach. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z He then pillaged and destroyed his house upon the Palatine, as well as his villas at Tusculum and Formia, and obliged Terentia to take refuge with the Vestals, whose Superior was fortunately her sister. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z "Well, Mr Percy, is yonder dasher the craft that pillaged your ship, and sent you cruising about the ocean in that bit of a cockle-shell, think you?" The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Godsoe and Mr. T. Amos Godsoe were both burned, and a house near by was pillaged by the mob even while the walls were swaying to and fro. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z As soon as the pirates had captured the town, they imprisoned all the Spaniards—men, women, children, and slaves—in several churches, and pillaged all the goods they could find. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Their churches and colleges were pillaged and battered, and though in modern times they have been restored, the first touch of perfection, "the first fine careless rapture" can never be recaught. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The Northmen ascended the Garonne as far as Toulouse and pillaged the lands along both banks with impunity. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z In addition great material losses were inflicted: seven hundred houses were destroyed, six hundred stores pillaged, and thousands of families utterly ruined. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Tarleton, after sharing in her hospitality, pillaged her house, and then ordered its destruction. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Because Jefferson was Governor of Virginia, it was thought that of course the mansion would be pillaged. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z The king's store-houses were pillaged, and the "Liberty Boys" marched through the streets, threatening revenge on every Tory. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Pirates of the Northmen's race came to Nantes, killed the bishop and many of the clergy and laymen, both men and women, and pillaged the city. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z During the invasion of Napoleon the churches and monasteries were pillaged and the laces contained therein were scattered abroad and sold as being of Spanish origin, though many of them were not. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z The Hall was attacked and pillaged in 1831 by a Luddite mob, from whom poor Mary escaped half naked into the shrubbery and lay concealed in the cold wet night. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z The peasantry all over France had, during the last few years, been guilty of raids upon the chateaux, had pillaged some, burnt others, inflicted outrages on the inhabitants. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Zara was taken and pillaged, for which the Venetians were severely reprimanded by the pope. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z On the eighteenth of April, the Danish pirates came to the city of Orleans, pillaged it, and went away without meeting Orleans pillaged opposition. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z They attacked another anchored in a port, and pillaged and burned it. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z With a frontispiece, partly copied from that in the preceding article, a common-place life of Holbein, and an introduction pillaged verbatim from an edition with Hollar’s cuts, published by Mr. Edwards. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Taking advantage of their indifference, Spanish thieves mixed with the Buccaneers, and pillaged their own countrymen. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z After the massacre of all who fell into their hands, the persecutors pillaged their houses, and carried their booty to Susa. L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses 2012-01-19T03:00:20.593Z The entire town was pillaged, burned, and totally destroyed. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z He laid waste the royal domains, pillaged the king’s servants, and subsisted his followers upon plunder. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z What province have I oppressed, what city pillaged, what region drained with taxes? Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z A building thus erected over a grave was called Porticulus, and any who pillaged "a house made in form of a basilica over a dead person" had to pay a fine. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Several cited his experience in the private sector, and particularly his tenure at the private equity firm Bain Capital, where critics say he pillaged companies and cut jobs for his own financial gain. Weeks of Indecision End for Many New Hampshire Primary Voters 2012-01-11T00:29:43Z His was the only voice raised in protest against those who pillaged windows and door posts, or flitted at moonlight with joists and floorings. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z He was making a special plea and he pillaged history and legend to get material for the purposes of his argument. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Bands of Sans-Culottes defiled through the streets, or passed through the Assembly halls, attired in copes, chasubles and dalmatics which they had pillaged from the churches. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The FBI started a criminal investigation. The conglomerate lost names, addresses, and credit card and bank account numbers as hackers pillaged its online game, music, and movie divisions. Data Security: Your Information, Their Loot 2011-12-22T21:15:55Z Of course, in Vancouver, they burned and pillaged over hockey. Ventre: Penn St. ugliness dominated 2011 headlines 2011-12-20T14:26:06Z He did not meanly crib and pilfer in the territories of the ancients: he rather pillaged, or, in our American phrase, "annexed" them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z They also overran the low country and pillaged the peoples, who were thus, as usual, devoured on both sides. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Bishops and priests were banished; ecclesiastical property was pillaged or sold; the supremacy and rights of the Pope were set aside; in a word, the Catholic Kingdom saw the beginning of a national schism. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The town was pillaged by the French in the reign of Henry VIII. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z Anyhow, they couldn’t keep any servants, and their property was continually pillaged. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Incendiarism was rife, not only were planters robbed and murdered, but their possessions were pillaged, their fields were laid waste and their buildings were burned. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Rupert, always for action, took the opportunity, and Leicester was stormed and thoroughly pillaged on the night of the 30th-31st of May. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The church that contained the bones of Murillo was pillaged by the soldiers, and the tomb of the great painter was destroyed. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Muammar el-Qaddafi’s sprawling and secretive walled compound inside the capital, it has been pillaged and turned over to the people in a big way. Tripoli Journal: In Bab al-Aziziya, Qaddafi?s Ex-Lair, the Thrill of Normal 2011-11-08T01:24:31Z What was wanted was more men like General Sheridan, and General Creel, and less of the grafters and boodlers who looked upon the Indian as lawful prey to be robbed and pillaged with ruthless abandon. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z He accordingly pillaged the Bath Stage, and suffered the appointed end in due course. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The Parian in the capital, and the dwellings of many of the noted Escocesses were attacked and pillaged, and for some time the city was given up to anarchy and bloodshed. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Judea is pillaged: so am I. Judea is despised: so am I! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z For Judas robbed and pillaged the purse, and ye spoil and waste the sacred gifts and treasures of the church, together with the souls of her children. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z A number of homes were also burning, apparently pillaged by Colonel Qaddafi’s foes. Libya?s Interim Leaders to Investigate Qaddafi Killing 2011-10-24T15:56:36Z I said that the dwelling of a friend was pillaged by the mob, under the impression that Mr. Greeley lived there. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The country swarmed with the irregular cavalry of the enemy, who intercepted convoys, cut off stragglers, and burned and pillaged to within musket-shot of the French lines. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z I see your future: the country ravaged, villages depopulated, cities pillaged, chained galley slaves marching towards Siberia, bloody executions, an insatiable vengeance, and everywhere ruins and ashes. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The caravans from Kano were also frequently pillaged by the Tuareg, so that the prosperity of the town declined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z They had pillaged the house of everything that they could carry. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z And she, forsooth, must be selected to have her house pillaged! Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Maryland now presented a scene of desolation and woe; houses pillaged, robbed and burned by the soldiers of both armies; trees were felled and rail fences demolished without regard to owners. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z The abbey was pillaged and burnt during the incursion of Robert Bruce, but afterwards rebuilt with great magnificence; few vestiges, however, of its monastic buildings now remain. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z The prize they looked for was Ruiz, the famous filibuster and desperado 300 who had smuggled hundreds of rifles into Venezuela and had robbed and pillaged and even killed, but had never been caught. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z We have already seen how Gaston, in his position as chief of the House, had boldly pillaged the fortune of his minor daughter. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z I dare say poor chatelaines had to do that in times of famine, when their lands had been pillaged.” A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z Two hundred thousand dollars was demanded from the citizens, or the place would be laid in ashes; the amount was paid by the banks; the city was pillaged and the houses robbed. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z If the Iroquois had pillaged Frenchmen, it was because the latter were carrying arms to the Illinois. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z The lords of these fortresses now continued the war on their own account, and pillaged and destroyed whenever and wherever they had a chance. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z This house still exists in the Rue de Thorigny, though it was pillaged at the beginning of the Revolution, as belonging to Monsieur de Juigné, Archbishop of Paris. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Apart from the business-like way in which towns were pillaged, the custom of ransoming prisoners imported a very definite commercial element into knightly life. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Maracaibo again pillaged 59 Morgan takes Porto Bello: his Cruelty ib. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z The books to which reference has been made are too many to need mention in a book of this kind: dramatists, poets, pamphleteers, memoirists have been freely pillaged. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The treasures of pillaged churches gleam forth from the leathern sacks piled one on the top of the other. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z No doubt Lichfield owed to its insignificance as a city the immunity which it again enjoyed while all the neighbouring country was being pillaged. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z The English army advanced immediately upon Leith, which they took and pillaged; and would have entered Edinburgh, had they not found it impossible to make themselves masters of the Castle. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Maracaibo was now a second time pillaged by the French Buccaneers, under Michel le Basque. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z The ill-feeling was increased when a little afterwards a Spanish vessel was encountered which had been pillaged by them. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z And yet Richmond, the Confederate capital, almost in sight of Washington, was only captured when Sherman and Sheridan, the modern Atillas, had flanked it with walls of fire, and pillaged the country in its rear. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z A garden in the 242-acre park that Mrs. McDermott helped revive a decade ago has been repeatedly pillaged, with herbs, flowers and a whole weeping cherry tree disappearing. Enjoy Park Greenery, City Says, but Not as Salad 2011-07-30T01:55:42Z Such collections of books, once so abundant in our island, were deliberately pillaged and destroyed, first by the pagan Danes, and again by the Protestant maligners of our country, under Henry VIII. and Elizabeth. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.553Z The day after the cannonade we learned that some carts had been upset and pillaged near Berlingen. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z ‘Well, fare thee well,’ says the hostess whom he has pillaged and forgiven; ‘I have known 264 thee these twenty-nine years, come peas-cod time, but an honester and truer-hearted man—well, fare thee well.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Here, April 23, 1814, the British made a landing and pillaged a vessel. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Their own farm had been pillaged, their barn burned, and they had suffered much from the inroads of the enemy; but all this was as naught to what Virginia had to endure. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z They roamed from the Arkansas to the Missouri frontier, and pillaged whoever fell in their way. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z It appears that when Jerusalem fell into the hands of the Persians, the city was pillaged, the temple destroyed, and the Book of the Law which Hilkiah had discovered, was burned. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z On August 26 the houses of two of the customs officials were sacked and the house of Chief Justice Hutchinson was pillaged and destroyed. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Are not their hunting grounds profaned by his presence—their towns pillaged for his fancied wrongs? The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Eleven years later, when Wat Tyler’s rebels pillaged London, and forced themselves into the Tower, they found Simon of Sudbury there, among others. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z The Vandals had already built a large fleet and pillaged the shores of Sicily and other Mediterranean islands. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z At Cirencester, having entered the town by force, they slew all the men who opposed them, took the unresisting inhabitants prisoners, and pillaged the town. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z "When you pillaged a ship of mine off Nevis Island, broadcloth and muskets, no more than two years past." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z A small party of the red men, led by Maracota, had pillaged and destroyed a plantation. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The soldiers complained initially about delays in receiving their payd, but witnesses said they then pillaged food stocks and shops in the business district and the central market. Troops crush Burkina army mutiny, 7 dead: officials 2011-06-04T17:29:59Z I have taken and pillaged towns and castles, have conquered kingdoms and overthrown my enemies. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z United Nations officials said that several waves of looters had pillaged Abyei and that there was even a market in town now for looted goods. Many Civilians Have Been Killed in Disputed Region of Sudan 2011-06-02T00:31:23Z Yet how to feed half a million men in a country which had been thoroughly pillaged was still a problem. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z He set her up to be pillaged, to go without health care, to starve. The colonialism behind the IMF sex scandal 2011-05-23T18:30:00Z She does the work that is not paid for, and she belongs to the sex that is pillaged. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z "The palace of Yuste, when prepared for his reception, seemed," says the historian Sandoval, "rather to have been newly pillaged by the enemy, than furnished for a great prince." The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z My heart is a palace pillaged by the herd; They kill and take each other by the throat! The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z These brutes arrived at Narbonne eager to loot, and had already pillaged three cafés. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Now he says that the rights of the people of the States are being pillaged and plundered and robbed away from them. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z He may see his coffers pillaged, his house ransacked, his wife and daughters dishonoured, his children calling him, impotent to help them. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z But she the goddess whose white star is set, Whose fane was pillaged for this sombre shrine, Could she look down upon those lips of thine, And hear thee mutter, would she still regret? Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf 2011-04-20T02:00:22.033Z Even enthusiasts, who see their budding wings, acknowledge that they have destroyed, burnt, pillaged, and retaliated, quite as barbarously as their Spanish enemies. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z They spoke of the public coffers and private property being pillaged, of Prussian gold streaming into the faubourgs, of documentary evidence hurtful to the members of the Central Committee destroyed by them. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The provisions were all consumed, the wine drunk, and the cloister pillaged; so, their day's work was done. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z It may also -437-be remembered that Saracens had pillaged Rome, and the Saracen forays were a common incident of Italian experience. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z While in Tokyo, they lived through the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that pillaged the country. Swedish Newlyweds Face Six Natural Disasters on Hellish Honeymoon 2011-04-07T10:05:00Z Doug Herlihy, one of the independent crash investigators at the Cameroon site, says vital evidence was lost because key parts of the plane were pillaged. Safety first? 2011-04-05T08:21:51Z I see that these heroes scarcely arrived, after so many fatigues, on the borders of the Pontus Euxinus, before they indifferently pillaged friends and enemies to re-establish themselves. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Each of his caravans is pillaged or made to pay tribute and his subjects are kidnapped and held for ransom, by Chalginna. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z They then went to his house, and pillaged it, and so ill-treated madame, who at that time happened to be enceinte, that in a few hours she expired. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The Vandals, a Germanic people, pillaged Rome in 455 and built a maritime empire around Carthage. In Libya, Only the Latest War at an Embattled Crossroads 2011-03-26T19:34:59Z They have pillaged the armorers' shops in the district. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z I saw many people robbed and pillaged, and I helped to rob and pillage them, but no deed of actual cruelty was ever committed in my presence. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Those illustrious robbers on the highway pillaged the finest countries of Asia, of Africa, and of Europe. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z They were then warned, that they would be “Ku Kluxed” if they did not come, and the threat was carried out, both of them being severely whipped, and their store pillaged. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z With nothing to hinder him for the moment, Brown now robbed and pillaged all around. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Our muskets had been piled up in the corner with those of the young men, but it was soon apparent that they had been pillaged while we slept, for a purpose we could readily imagine. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z He took nothing from the house but a Spanish dictionary from the library, but returning that way three weeks afterwards, found it completely pillaged by the Spanish camp-followers. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The respect in which he was held by the Russians was strikingly shown in 1760, when a farm he occupied near Charlottenburg happened to be pillaged by the invading Russian army. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z He also showed great fear of being punished if the Captain came back and found his station pillaged. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z He is either balked in the object of his journey, pillaged, maltreated, or murdered. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The latter, finding themselves attacked on both sides, rode up and down the wide street like madmen, cutting and slashing at invisible figures, and plainly drunk with the hospitality they had pillaged. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z It was midnight when an open boat manned by four strong rowers, with muffled oars, approached the shore in the vicinity of the pillaged and battered dwelling of Madame Letitia. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z In the course of eleven months, not only had they pillaged an extent of country containing some thirty thousand square miles, but they had secured nearly twenty-five thousand captives. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The buildings were falling to ruin; rain entered on all sides; the court-yard, says Champlain, was as squalid and dilapidated as a grange pillaged by soldiers. Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour 2011-02-10T03:00:53.020Z Crowned with brilliant success, the return of the dauntless young chief from his first expedition was swelled by troops of captive maids and by the pillaged herds of years. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z "We should have been pillaged upon the high road," he said truculently. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Villages were pillaged; forts were captured and recaptured; cities were bombarded and wasted; York was ransacked; Niagara was burned; Washington was stormed by shot and shell and its buildings set on fire. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z The announcement was made after crowds pillaged and then burned a police station in the northwestern city of Kef. Tunisia Suspends Former Governing Party 2011-02-06T20:55:54Z The bones of Becket, as all the world knows, were, by command of Henry the Eighth, burnt, and scattered to the winds, while his shrine was pillaged and destroyed. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Edward III of England captured and pillaged it about the middle of the fourteenth century, at which time it was larger than any city in England, except London. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z One day it would be in the bazaars; the next in the poorest quarters of the city; again in the houses of the rich, which our troopers had pillaged. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z He was soon compelled, by the Duke of Albany, to evacuate this stronghold, but before he retired his followers had sacked and pillaged the Castle. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z Temples were destroyed and pillaged, and statues were thrown from their pedestals and buried beneath the soil and d�bris. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z Only five miles from Washington, they burned the house of Governor Bradford, and pillaged Montgomery Blair's. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The magnificent valley of the Red River, down which, as the reader has seen, I had recently travelled, had been burned and pillaged for the distance of a hundred and fifty miles. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Diamonds stripped from idols' eyes, and rubies and sapphires pillaged from the vaults of ancient temples! Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Radicalism pillaged Governor Hutchinson's house, threw some tea into the ocean; conservatism set up its stamp act, and drove America into revolution. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Many antiquities and historical sites were destroyed or pillaged during decades of civil war and foreign interventions. Afghan archaeologists find Buddhist site as war rages 2010-08-17T08:53:00Z In this third and last invasion, officers and soldiers pillaged indiscriminately. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Kraft made similar promises to Terry's of York only to move production to Poland, said Hoyle who added they did "exactly the same" to York as the Vikings: "They pillaged and asset-stripped that company." Kraft promises MPs: no UK job cuts 2010-03-16T16:50:00Z Her temple, which was pillaged by Sulla, contained an ivory image, which was said to have fallen from heaven. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The pirates had pillaged and run aground the Portuguese bark 'Caldera,' carrying off a French lady, who was among the passengers. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Argentan was a viscounty from the 11th century onwards; it was often taken and pillaged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Later in the night the floating d�bris of the army reached the city,—the teamsters, servants, ambulance-drivers, with stragglers from the ranks, who pillaged the stores. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The temple was often pillaged during the troublous times that followed Solomon's reign, but it managed to stand till Nebuchadnezzar's conquest, four centuries later. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Thus they began to think of winning not merely gold and cattle, but lands and houses, on the coasts they pillaged. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) Under Constantine its temples became churches, but after being sacked by the Arabs in 748, and more completely pillaged by Tamerlane in 1401, it sank into hopeless decay. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Homes were broken up; houses were pillaged and burned, bought and sold. The Man from Jericho The bandits commenced by flinging him out of his own door; the larder was pillaged, and after having drunk to their heart's content, they staved in the barrels and swamped the cellars with the wine. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The original building was sacked and pillaged by the Gauls and afterwards rebuilt as nearly along former lines as knowledge would permit. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 His successor likewise was pillaged, and stabbed in the left hip with a rapier; he too was removed; a second successor also was unable to maintain himself there. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. In 1311 Robert Bruce and his army were quartered here, and the priory was pillaged in 1346 by David, king of Scotland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The wah's done away with most of them hereabout, but we were fortunate in not being pillaged and burned, like many of our neighbors. The Man from Jericho The population were getting afraid of being pillaged in case the idea of paying themselves should present itself to the landsknechten. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Irritated by the falsehood, the Danes invaded the kingdom of the East Angles, pillaged their country, took their king prisoner, tied him to a stake, and shot him to death with arrows.” Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations When the pilferers had sufficiently pillaged the church of clothes and linen, they left the town, and would carry my wife with them whether she would or no. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. These spirits, fearing lest their houses should be broken into and pillaged, burrow under the ground, where they can keep their riches in security. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The Coloured Orphan Asylum was pillaged and burnt to the ground. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document It was no crime of the clergy that the Huns burned their churches, or the Normans pillaged their monasteries. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Arcadia in epitome was within those pillaged walls. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus It is always taken for granted by the Chinese, that any family rich enough to spend a large amount of money on the funeral of a parent, will be mercilessly pillaged on that particular occasion. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology After the re-discovery of the Catacombs in the sixteenth century, many of their tombs were pillaged for relics, or in the vain search for treasure. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs The next day the weather was quite pleasant, and the rioters, early in the morning, recommenced their work of destruction; houses would be pillaged and then set on fire. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Isolated crimes, crimes committed by gangs of criminals, riots, shops and churches pillaged wholesale. The Tremendous Event Night looked down as on some pillaged city where only the dead are left to keep each other ghostly company. Love's Usuries His servants pillaged the apartment where he died, and rolled the dead body from the bed, and left it lying on the floor. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands That King had everybody who displeased him throttled; he pillaged, he levied ransom upon the poor, and he kept a harem like an Arabian Caliph. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess His palace was pillaged, and the mob even laid desecrating hands upon Ilaria's tomb. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Mobs had pillaged and sacked it; within its state-rooms one crowned head had been forced to wear the cap of liberty, a humiliation which did not save it from the knife of the guillotine. Fragments of an Autobiography The tombs of Voltaire and Rousseau are empty, having been pillaged during the revolution. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 A force of 10,000 fighting men, led by Macomo, a brother of the chief who was killed, swept across the frontier, pillaged and burned the homesteads and murdered all who dared to resist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" He instantly ordered the restoration of the effects which had been pillaged. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Fortified by Charlemagne, it was captured and pillaged by the Normans in 870, and unsuccessfully besieged by the Hungarians in 953. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" They pillaged the baggage-waggon, and were all the time fighting incessantly. Round the World in Eighty Days Nejumi set out from Omdurman in November 1885, and marching along the river bank to Berber, robbed and pillaged as if he were advancing through an enemy's country. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Hamdān got possession of Cairo, and at the end of 1068 plundered the caliph’s palace; the valuable library which had been begun by Ḥākim was pillaged, and an accidental fire caused great destruction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" His offer was indignantly rejected, whereupon fire was set to the public edifices, stores, and workshops; private houses were pillaged, and a great quantity of tobacco consumed. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools But that hoard was pillaged; the idols which he had secretly worshipped had been desecrated and profane. International Short Stories English Stores were pillaged and set fire to, until a great portion of the town was in flames. The West Indies and the Spanish Main During his stay at Berber he robbed and pillaged in all directions, and used to boast of his approaching conquest of Egypt. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 During the two following days the pasha and his son Tūsūn rode about the streets and tried to stop the atrocities; but order was not restored until 500 houses had been completely pillaged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The surrounding country for a great distance was exhausted, and had the appearance of having been pillaged. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Here is the parable: 'A man who was going to Jerusalem fell into the hands of robbers; they pillaged him, covered him with wounds, and went on their way leaving him half dead. The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth The houses they passed looked home-like and quiet; if the horses had been stolen and the barns pillaged, at least nothing of it appeared in the warm sunshine of the still August day. Anne The Abyssinians now returned to their own country, after having sacked and pillaged Galabat, which they left absolutely empty. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The Uhlans, the light cavalry of the Prussians, pillaged at the gates of Rheims, and between Châlons and the capital there was not a position or an army. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 He joined the Illyrians in an attempt to plunder the temple of Delphi, pillaged the temple of Caere on the Etruscan coast, and founded several military colonies on the Adriatic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The houses, first pillaged, were then fired; and the once flourishing place was soon converted into a heap of smouldering ruins. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 It was you who pillaged papa's library and drove poor old Sariette off his head. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels When Genseric pillaged Rome, he bore away the Temple treasures on his corsair ships to Carthage. The Scarlet Banner Others were driven from their dwellings, and their dwellings were pillaged. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Meanwhile, clerks were writing away receipts for stolen and pillaged articles, and which, signed with the name of the general, were grasped at with eager avidity. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune New burial The dark ages. customs, notably the rite of cremation in place of the older corpse-burial, are introduced, and in many cases the earlier tombs were pillaged and re-used by new comers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" It was he who, while yet invisible, pillaged your library for two years, made you lose all desire for food and drink, and drove you to the verge of madness. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels They pillaged the military chests, arrested the officers, and fired on the troops who remained faithful. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty He too stood, and taking from his hand a valuable ring, set with a large ruby, which he had doubtless pillaged from the Peruvians, he begged Cofachiqui to accept it. Ten Girls from History As it is, it contains less rubbish and more priceless gems than any gallery of its size in the world; and no pillaged aristocracy, no humbled province, claims a canvas there. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) They merely wished to save the Tuileries from being pillaged and burnt down. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections In 1596, when the Earl of Essex defeated the Spanish navy and pillaged Cadiz, Donne, now one of the first poets of the time, was among his followers. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 I have pillaged your lands, and ye have taken my possessions from me. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries In the 9th century the town was frequently pillaged by the Northmen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Like the remaining seaports of Galicia,—or such cities as were situated near the ocean,—Tuy was sacked and pillaged by Arabs and vikings alike. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain From then first minister of the realm, he abandoned the policy of Henry IV., compromised his wise legislation, allowed the treasury to be pillaged, and drew upon himself the hatred of all classes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Once a Benedictine convent, it was pillaged and its inmates dispersed during the overflow of the French Revolution, and is now naught but a ruin, though in many respects a grandly preserved one. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine Not long before this Pilate pillaged the temple treasury, and used the "sacred money" to bring a current of water to Jerusalem. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The warehouses had been pillaged and destroyed; the wharves covered with filth; in the fields not a vestige of the ancient villas remained. Sónnica The latter came; Gaul was ravaged, pillaged and subjugated, and the bishops shared the plunder with the conquerors whom they speedily placed under their thumb through the fear of the devil. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Stores were pillaged, houses plundered, banks robbed, and farms laid waste. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles The city has been five times bombarded, twice reduced to ashes, and three times taken by assault and pillaged. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine A band of Dutch marauders under their leader Arenson in the summer of 1674 pillaged and greatly damaged the fort and seized and carried off its commander, but soon after set him at liberty. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 Ruined habitations, wagons and provision-vans overturned and pillaged, men dying by scores from hunger and starvation, and frozen corpses of men and horses, were objects that constantly presented themselves. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Chram, that devil of a Ronan and his band killed nine of my bravest leudes; they pillaged and set fire to the episcopal villa and the place is to be rebuilt at my expense. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres On the night of the 13th most of the foreign buildings, churches and mission houses in the eastern part of the Tatar city were pillaged and burnt, and hundreds of native Christians massacred. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" After the wars of the sixteenth century, when Speyer was sacked, pillaged, and burned, the sturdy walls of the cathedral again fell, and only in the eighteenth century was it restored. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine The savages pillaged her so completely that on her arrival there remained only a small quantity of bacon and a little rum. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 The house had been pillaged early in the morning; they had taken away the horses, the master had disappeared and the servants had fled. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 The Franks have pillaged us, they massacred and burned down; so let us do likewise—pillage, massacre and burn! The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres I saw very few articles of real value taken—they pillaged like boys robbing an orchard. History of Morgan's Cavalry It was mostly destroyed by fire in 873, and in 1002 was pillaged and fired anew by the soldiers of Duke Hermann, who was condemned himself to repair the damage. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine According to Delesderniers’ story the French did all they could to save Allan’s men and for recompense had their houses pillaged and burned and some of themselves made prisoners by the English. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 We passed through a large and beautiful village, pillaged and abandoned also. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 They are in the holy chapel of the episcopal villa, where they do that which all Vagres do after they have drunk their fill, ravaged and pillaged. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Barbarian guffaws rang out as homes and stores were pillaged and put to the torch. Telempathy In 1793 the revolution which sprang up in France forced its way to the Rhine, and, when Mayence was besieged, the roof of the cathedral caught fire and the church itself was pillaged and profaned. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine On the 8th they attacked the communes of Letino and Gallo, burned the archives of the first named, pillaged the treasury of the preceptor, and burned the parish house of the second. Violence and the Labor Movement It was captured from the enemy with Dahlgren, who had pillaged it from our opulent families in the country. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital My diocese will be ravaged, my treasury pillaged, my palace in Chalon sacked, my villa burned down! The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Now he caught sight of the other fruit, gorgeous and abundant, as if paradise had been pillaged. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature To work more is there only to be more pillaged; to save is impossible. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) From these points the red allies of the French descended upon the border settlements to the south and burned and pillaged at pleasure. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Most of the trophies of the victory, and thousands of arms, stores, etc. were pillaged by the promiscuous crowds of aliens and Jews who purchased passports thither from the Provost Marshal’s detectives. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The trees torn up, the fences broken down, and the room pillaged of the little that could be found there. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century The Tuileries and the Louvre had been pillaged; the King was at Rambouillet, where Marshal Marmont had retired, and had with him a large force. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II She had been pillaged by a French officer in a manner which surpassed any idea we could have formed of French oppression and barbarity. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) That gentleman's eye fell on his desk, pillaged. Shirley These made hot haste for the rock, and breathlessly announced that the fleet in the river was a hostile English squadron, and that a fishing village had already been pillaged and destroyed. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France The bandits pillaged and shattered everything in the house; wounded his daughter by a sabre-cut, of which to this day she bears the marks; and then went off with the plunder they had made. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The natives retaliated with many sudden raids upon the more exposed parts of the colony, where they burned, pillaged and murdered. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 They pillaged and robbed in order to live. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' He had been duped by designing women, spunged upon by false friends, pillaged by unprincipled tradesmen. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 He told a shocking tale of the troops, who entirely pillaged the villa. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium Almost all the French who resided at Manilla were slain, and their houses pillaged and destroyed. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Assured on that point, they have pillaged whatever their greed has dictated to them. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Lacy pillaged whatever he could find on his route, and in three days regained Torgau. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 It was probably due to a somewhat too liberal use of pillaged wine. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone In one of the numerous pillaged châteaux around about, an extraordinary bit of literature, in fact a masterpiece, has been found by the châtelaine. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium The Ragged Men’s encampment was gone, but she and her father lingered furtively, still near the pillaged globe. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 We sat so still that the woodpeckers came And pillaged the berries overhead; From his log the chipmonk, waxen tame, Peered, and listened to what we said. Poems Stores were pillaged, and property taken or destroyed. The History of the First West India Regiment When he reached the cabin and found that, in spite of all his precautions, the greedy carcajou had outwitted him and broken in, and pillaged his stores, his indignation knew no bounds. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories They pillaged the ranches, which were now coming into the adjacent country, stealing horses, altering brands, and slaying whoever interfered with them, all with the boldness of medieval raiders. When the West Was Young It had been pillaged so exhaustively that there was no hope that whatever device had been included in its design, for its return, remained even repairably intact. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 A convenient general store at Front and Hill Streets was the first to be pillaged. The Mountain Divide Numbers of them had passed the night in copses, from which, trembling with terror, they had seen their houses pillaged. The History of the First West India Regiment For his people had burned, pillaged and killed. The Vagrant Duke In Meaux, four hundred houses of Protestants were pillaged and devastated, and the inmates, without regard to age or sex, utterly exterminated. Henry IV, Makers of History They had come back from the pillaged ship believing that the sea-gate of the house stood open to them and that friends held it in all security. The House Under the Sea A Romance They broke open wine cellars; they pillaged the provision shops; they tortured without mercy the merchants and inhabitants to force them to discover their treasures, and they insulted and outraged the helpless women. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main Formerly these festivals were celebrated with very solemn pomp, but since the conquest of Ladak our convents have been, more than once, pillaged and our wealth taken away. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Despite severe measures taken by the authorities brigand bands prowled among the ruins and pillaged such of the civil population as still remained. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The Portuguese had always shown themselves the better race in the field of action, but they likewise now enjoyed the thought of returning to their own country, although it had been so pillaged. The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns At midnight Patofa and his warriors crept stealthily from the encampment, pillaged the temple which contained many treasures prized by the Indians, and killed and scalped every native whom they met, man, woman or child. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots This application was no more successful than Holbein's own, apparently; and the painter was told to seek his father's gold and pigments among the peasants who had pillaged the monastery. Holbein He sent vestments to the churches of Paris which had been pillaged by the Commune. Pius IX. And His Time Then, to the mother, "Madam, I accept these five hundred ducats, to be distributed among the poor nuns of the convents that have been pillaged; I give it to you in charge for me." Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Quite a few castles and small towns were taken and pillaged. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Under this affliction they were constantly driven to borrow money, and found the capitalists who supplied it among the class by whom they were persecuted and pillaged. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The property pillaged from the inhabitants was divided among the Mongul troops, while the people themselves went away, to roam as vagabonds and beggars over the surrounding country, and to die of want and despair. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series "The evidence of their approach and plunder is positive," replied the messenger; "and the inhabitants are flocking into town from their pillaged and burning homes." From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services It is not to be wondered at, that such immense riches should have tempted the avarice of mankind, and exposed Delphi to being frequently pillaged. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Think on vast Regiments of cruel and bloody French Dragoons, with an Intendant over them, overrunning a pillaged Neighbourhood, and you will think a little, what the Constitution among the Devils is. The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches When I commanded brave soldiers they never pillaged; and I should have punished severely subalterns who allowed of disorders such as those which we see around. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History After having forced the outer wall, the Monguls destroyed the suburbs of the town, devastated the cultivated gardens and grounds, and pillaged the villas. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series When they returned to their village they found their church burned and their homes pillaged. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The city and temple were pillaged and burnt, and all their fortifications demolished. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The Danish, or Norse.—The pirates that pillaged Britain, under the name of Danes, were not exclusively the inhabitants of Denmark. A Handbook of the English Language At Canterbury they pillaged the palace of the archbishop. Richard II Makers of History I fancy the ship they pillaged was a Frenchman or Italian, more likely the latter. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson This he pillaged and burned, with all of her 300 passengers except twenty women and children, whom he saved more for his own pleasure, no doubt, than from any pity for them. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Hezekiah, grieved to see his kingdom pillaged, sent ambassadors to him, to desire peace upon any terms he would prescribe. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The petals of the iris, the plumes of the peacock seemed to have been pillaged by him for the colors that made up his variegated wardrobe. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama A few days later, his observatory, which had escaped the conflagration, was broken into, pillaged, and ruined. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The hungry gentry pillaged and seized upon whatever they could find. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 "But five hundred ducats," he said, "I desire you to divide for me among the nuns whose convents have been pillaged." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Some seventy Europeans, including ten or twelve women, were killed, and all the shops in the quarter where the riot took place, pillaged. A Chapter of Adventures When he moved about the country with the ruffians who attended him, the inhabitants fled to the woods, leaving their houses to be pillaged. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII The open towns were pillaged and destroyed, the fields and agricultural villages ruthlessly laid waste. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 I might speak of houses pillaged and burnt; of maize-fields laid waste to feed the horses of the roving marauder; of sheep and cattle driven off to desert fastnesses; bah! what are all these? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Whether the villain who pillaged it traveled on two legs, or on four, I never knew. Birds in the Bush On their way to Tetuan the thousand odd had pillaged right and left, stealing fruit and robbing houses. In the Tail of the Peacock This prince pillaged the temples, carried away all the ornaments of gold, silver, and ivory, which decorated its magnificent buildings, and ruined both its temples and its buildings. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But the Indians have ravaged my fields, pillaged my flocks, and murdered my father and brothers. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora But he stampeded horses and broke the camp equipments, as well as pillaged many larders. Wild Animals at Home The servants too, thinking they should have no other method of being paid, had joined in the general plunder, and were all taking their departure as soon as they could secure what they had pillaged. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale Mitsuhide then proceeded to Azuchi and having pillaged the castle, returned to Kyoto, where he was received in audience by the Emperor, and he then took the title of shogun. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Night came on again; the populace, having pillaged all the provisions in the conclave, grew weary of their own excesses. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 All the crops were ruined in the neighbouring fields; the peasantry were plundered, injured, and their domestic peace destroyed; and the country-houses of the rich Parisians were pillaged and burned in all directions. Political Women, Vol. 2 Both Armenians and Greeks most anxiously conceal their wealth, as it might subject them to be pillaged by the Sultan, ei ther directly, or through the extortions of his tax gatherers. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Pennsylvania discriminated against Delaware, and New Jersey, pillaged at once by both her greater neighbours, was compared to a cask tapped at both ends. The Critical Period of American History The Spanish finances indeed are extremely mismanaged, and I may say pillaged. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII |
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