The Plague in LondonMaynard, Merrill, 1895 - 119 oldal |
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34. oldal
... joiner , or carpenter , by trade , a handy fellow ; and he had no wealth but his box , or basket , 15 of tools , with the help of which he could at any time get his living , such a time as this excepted , wherever he went ; and he lived ...
... joiner , or carpenter , by trade , a handy fellow ; and he had no wealth but his box , or basket , 15 of tools , with the help of which he could at any time get his living , such a time as this excepted , wherever he went ; and he lived ...
70. oldal
... joiner opposed this , and told them , let them leave that to him ; he would undertake to build them a house 15 every night with his hatchet and mallet , though he had no other tools , which should be fully to their satisfaction , and as ...
... joiner opposed this , and told them , let them leave that to him ; he would undertake to build them a house 15 every night with his hatchet and mallet , though he had no other tools , which should be fully to their satisfaction , and as ...
73. oldal
... joiner , a grave and sober man , and not pleased with their lying at this loose rate the first night , could not sleep , and resolved , after 30 trying to sleep to no purpose , that he would get out , and taking the gun in his hand ...
... joiner , a grave and sober man , and not pleased with their lying at this loose rate the first night , could not sleep , and resolved , after 30 trying to sleep to no purpose , that he would get out , and taking the gun in his hand ...
74. oldal
... joiner , his comrade , " Let us encourage them too , as much as we can . " So he called to them , " Hark ye , good people , ” says the joiner , " we find by your talk that you are fleeing from the same dreadful enemy as we are ; do not ...
... joiner , his comrade , " Let us encourage them too , as much as we can . " So he called to them , " Hark ye , good people , ” says the joiner , " we find by your talk that you are fleeing from the same dreadful enemy as we are ; do not ...
75. oldal
Daniel Defoe. between the joiner , whose name was Richard , and one of their men , who said his name was Ford . Ford . And do you assure us that you are all sound men ? Richard . Nay , we are concerned to tell you of it , that you may ...
Daniel Defoe. between the joiner , whose name was Richard , and one of their men , who said his name was Ford . Ford . And do you assure us that you are all sound men ? Richard . Nay , we are concerned to tell you of it , that you may ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
6. oldal - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
6. oldal - Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, And under his wings shalt thou trust : His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
33. oldal - The cart had in it sixteen or seventeen bodies ; some were wrapt up in linen sheets, some in rugs, some little other than naked, or so loose that what covering they had fell from them in the shooting out of the cart, and they fell quite naked among the rest...
54. oldal - ... pointing above the town. All those ships have families on board, of their merchants and owners, and such like, who have locked themselves up, and live on board, close shut in, for fear of the infection ; and I tend on them to fetch things for them, carry letters, and do what is absolutely necessary, that they may not be obliged to come on shore ; and every night I fasten my boat on board one of the ship's boats, and there I sleep by myself ; and blessed be God, I am preserved hitherto.
11. oldal - ... and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but that the comet before the fire was bright and sparkling, or, as others said, flaming, and its motion swift and furious ; and that, accordingly, one foretold a heavy judgment, slow but severe, terrible and frightful as was the plague. But the other foretold a stroke, sudden, swift and fiery...
33. oldal - ... Covering they had, fell from them, in the shooting out of the Cart, and they fell quite naked among the rest; but the Matter was not much to them, or the Indecency much to any one else, seeing they were all dead, and were to be huddled together into the common Grave of Mankind, as we may call it, for here was no Difference made, but Poor and Rich went together; there was no other way of Burials, neither was it possible there should, for Coffins were not to be had' for the prodigious Numbers that...
52. oldal - Much about the same time I walked out into the fields towards Bow; for I had a great mind to see how things were managed in the river and among the ships; and as I had some concern in shipping, I had a notion that it had been one of the best ways of securing one's self from the infection to have retired into a ship; and musing how to satisfy my curiosity in that point, I turned away over the fields from Bow to Bromley, and down to Blackwall to the stairs, which are there for landing or taking water.
55. oldal - but I have called, and my wife has answered that she cannot come out yet, but in half an hour she hopes to come, and I am waiting for her. Poor woman!" says he, "she is brought sadly down. She has...
55. oldal - Well, honest friend," said I, "thou hast a sure Comforter, if thou hast brought thyself to be resigned to the will of God; He is dealing with us all in judgment.
30. oldal - I first looked at it, about nine feet deep; but it was said, they dug it near twenty feet deep afterwards, in one part of it, till they could go no deeper for the water; for they had, it seems, dug several large pits before this; for, though the plague was long a coming to our parish, yet, when it did come, there was no parish in or about London where it raged with such violence as in the two parishes of Aldgate and Whitechapel.