Complex sentence: In 1783, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau described his daughters both feared that the fire and brimstone of Sodom was the end of the world, despite that it lasted only twelve hours.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1783, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau described his daughters. They both feared that the fire and brimstone of Sodom was the end of the world, despite that it lasted only twelve hours.