The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe: History of the plague in London, 1665; to which is added The great fire of London, 1666, by an anonymous writer [Gideon Harvey] The storm, 1703. With the essay, in verse. The true-born Englishman: a satire. 1855Henry G. Bohn, 1855 |
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19. oldal
... matter to work upon . So hypochondriac fancies represent Ships , armies , battles in the firmament ; Till steady eyes the exhalations solve , And all to its first matter , cloud , resolve . I could fill this account with the strange ...
... matter to work upon . So hypochondriac fancies represent Ships , armies , battles in the firmament ; Till steady eyes the exhalations solve , And all to its first matter , cloud , resolve . I could fill this account with the strange ...
26. oldal
... matter of such consequence as this of a national infection ; but my memo- randums of these things relate rather to take notice of the fact , and mention only that it was so . How the poor people found the insufficiency of those things ...
... matter of such consequence as this of a national infection ; but my memo- randums of these things relate rather to take notice of the fact , and mention only that it was so . How the poor people found the insufficiency of those things ...
35. oldal
... matter may any way concern , take special care that no wandering beggars be suffered in the streets of this city , in any fashion or manner whatsoever , upon the penalty provided by law to be duly and severely executed upon them . Plays ...
... matter may any way concern , take special care that no wandering beggars be suffered in the streets of this city , in any fashion or manner whatsoever , upon the penalty provided by law to be duly and severely executed upon them . Plays ...
37. oldal
... matter ? A watchman , it seems , had been employed to keep his post at the door of a house which was infected , or said to be infected , and was shut up ; he had been there all night , for two nights together , as he told his story ...
... matter ? A watchman , it seems , had been employed to keep his post at the door of a house which was infected , or said to be infected , and was shut up ; he had been there all night , for two nights together , as he told his story ...
38. oldal
... matter ? The person answered , what is that to you ? Stop the dead - cart . This it seems , was about one o'clock ; soon after , as the fellow said , he stopped the dead - cart , and then knocked again , but no- body answered ; he ...
... matter ? The person answered , what is that to you ? Stop the dead - cart . This it seems , was about one o'clock ; soon after , as the fellow said , he stopped the dead - cart , and then knocked again , but no- body answered ; he ...
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The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe: History of the Plague ... Daniel Defoe Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel de Foe: History of the Plague ... Daniel Defoe Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2013 |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
a-clock abated aldermen Aldgate anchor barns began bills blew blown boat bodies broke buried burnt calamity called carried church city of London Clerkenwell court of aldermen Cripplegate damage danger dead died dismal distemper distress door drove England fall farther fear fell fire fire of London flames fright fury Giles's give hand happened hath heard houses hundred infected John king letter lives lord mayor lost Majesty's manner morning nation neighbours never night observed occasion parish particular persons physicians plague poor Portrait raging river roof Satire sent servant ships shore Shoreditch shut sick side Sir Edward Turner Sir Robert Viner spread stack of chimneys Stepney stood storm streets taken tempest terrible things thought thousand told town trade trees violence Vols wall Wapping watchmen week Whitechapel whole wind Yarmouth
Népszerű szakaszok
11. 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.
11. 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.
324. oldal - The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done His marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remembrance.
11. oldal - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee.
78. oldal - There, says he, they are all dead, the man and his wife and five children. There, says he, they are shut up ; you see a watchman at the door ; and so of other houses. Why...
18. oldal - and said no more, but repeated those words continually, with a voice and countenance full of horror, a swift pace, and nobody could ever find him to stop, or rest, or take any sustenance, at least, that ever I could hear 'of. I met this poor creature several times in the streets, and would have spoken to him, but he would not enter into speech with me, or any one else, but held on his dismal cries continually.
156. oldal - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
436. oldal - Tis that from some French trooper they derive, Who with the Norman bastard did arrive ; The trophies of the families appear, Some show the sword, the bow, and some the spear, [ Which their great ancestor, forsooth, did wear. These in the herald's register remain, Their noble mean extraction to explain, Yet who the hero was, no man can tell, Whether a drummer or a colonel : The silent record blushes to reveal Their undescended dark original.
79. oldal - ... 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.
432. oldal - WHEREVER God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there : And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation : For ever since he first debaucli'd the mind, He made a perfect conquest of mankind.