The poor lad must have perished under the rough treatment of the soldiers.

Soon after his return from the western provinces he perished under the guillotine.

Many perished under the strain, but the survivors became hardened soldiers.

Some of the poor creatures had perished under bushes where they sought shelter.

The best mounted men have perished under such circumstances.

The three were selected, and made onslaught on this Chief, and perished under his arm.

Millions of people perished under a brutal rule that used slave labor to harvest goods including rubber.

But how many such are to be found among the bishops, priests, or monks, who perished under Elizabeth?

She wondered how much of good seed had perished under the bad weather of human weakness, prejudice and jealousy.

The natives of the West Indies, the fierce Caribs excepted, were enslaved by the Spaniards, and perished under the lash.

The houses, therefore, being constructed of brick, were soaked through and washed away, while all the cattle perished under water.

Not a score of them returned to their island homes-therest perished under the lash and brutality of their cruel taskmasters.

Such of the minor vegetation as had escaped the fires of the natives, had perished under the extreme heat of the season.

Might it only be before he came home, then he would know that she had perished under his secret to save him.

The Nicolaus tower, on which the besieged had planted some artillery, was among the first that fell, and many perished under its ruins.

Conversation soon turns to the setting of 'The Dead Harlequin,' the doomed and ghostly house, Charnley, where so many have perished under tragic circumstances.