A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations Or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Publick as Private, which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665E. Nutt, 1722 - 287 oldal |
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3. oldal
... taken Care to keep it as much from the Knowlege of the Publick , as poffible : This poffefs'd the Heads of the People very much , and few car'd to go thro ' Drury Lane , or the other Streets fufpected , unless they had extraor dinary ...
... taken Care to keep it as much from the Knowlege of the Publick , as poffible : This poffefs'd the Heads of the People very much , and few car'd to go thro ' Drury Lane , or the other Streets fufpected , unless they had extraor dinary ...
15. oldal
... taken up the Cuftom of not going out of Doors after Sun - fet , the Reafons I fhall have Oc- cafion to fay more of by - and - by . In the Retirement of this Evening i endeavou red to refolve firft , what was my Duty to do , and I ftated ...
... taken up the Cuftom of not going out of Doors after Sun - fet , the Reafons I fhall have Oc- cafion to fay more of by - and - by . In the Retirement of this Evening i endeavou red to refolve firft , what was my Duty to do , and I ftated ...
16. oldal
... taken ill with whom I had intended to entruft my Houle and all my Affairs : But I had a farther Obligation laid on me on the fame Side ; for the next Day I found my felf very much out of Order allo ; fo that if I would have gone away ...
... taken ill with whom I had intended to entruft my Houle and all my Affairs : But I had a farther Obligation laid on me on the fame Side ; for the next Day I found my felf very much out of Order allo ; fo that if I would have gone away ...
30. oldal
... taken up , but nothing was done in it , as I am inform'd ; The Government being un- willing to exafperate the People , who were , as 1 may Jay , all out of their Wits already . Neither can I acquit thofe Minifters , that in their ...
... taken up , but nothing was done in it , as I am inform'd ; The Government being un- willing to exafperate the People , who were , as 1 may Jay , all out of their Wits already . Neither can I acquit thofe Minifters , that in their ...
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... taken by the Magiftrates for the general Safety , and to prevent the fpreading of the Distemper , when it firft broke out : I fhall have frequent Occafion to speak of their Prudence of the Magiftrates , their Charity , the Vigilance for ...
... taken by the Magiftrates for the general Safety , and to prevent the fpreading of the Distemper , when it firft broke out : I fhall have frequent Occafion to speak of their Prudence of the Magiftrates , their Charity , the Vigilance for ...
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127. oldal - God had moved the heart of a stranger, upon hearing their condition, to give them all that money, and a great deal more such as that he said to her. The woman, too, made signs of the like thankfulness, as well to Heaven as to me, and joyfully picked it up; and I parted with no money all that year that I thought better bestowed.
127. oldal - Here, says I, go and call thy Rachel once more, and give her a little more comfort from me ; | God will never forsake a family that trust in him as thou dost...
96. oldal - But this is but one : it is scarce credible what dreadful cases happened in particular families every day ; people in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable, running out of their own government, raving and distracted, and oftentimes laying violent hands upon themselves, throwing themselves out at their windows, shooting themselves...
93. oldal - ... it off the hooks themselves. On the other hand, the butcher would not touch the money, but have it put into a pot full of vinegar, which he kept for that purpose. The buyer carried always small money to make up any odd sum, that they might take no change.
75. oldal - ... 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 fell in such a calamity as this.
20. oldal - London might well be said to be all in tears ; the mourners did not go about the streets indeed, for nobody put on black or made a formal dress of mourning for their nearest friends ; but the voice of mourning was truly heard in the streets. The shrieks of women and children at the windows and doors of their houses, where...
107. oldal - Hayward told me, they almost buried him alive in the cart ; yet all this while he slept soundly. At length the cart came to the place where the bodies were to be thrown into the ground, which, as I do remember, was at...
96. oldal - Alley, on the right hand of the passage, there was a more terrible cry than that, though it was not so directed out at the window; but the whole family was in a terrible fright, and I could hear women and children run screaming about the rooms like distracted, when a garret window opened, and somebody from a window on the other side the alley called and asked, "What is the matter?" upon which, from the first window it was answered, "O Lord, my old master has hanged himself!
123. 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...
74. oldal - ... go to and again, muffled up in a brown cloak, and making motions with his hands under his cloak, as if he was in a great agony, and the buriers immediately gathered about him, supposing he was one of those poor delirious or desperate creatures that used to pretend, as I have said, to bury themselves. He said nothing as he walked about, but two or three times groaned very deeply and loud, and sighed as he would break his heart.