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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60. oldal
... river , if they were not stopped by the watchmen , or other officers , and plunge them- selves into the water , wherever they found it . FRIGHTFUL STORIES AND ROBBERIES . 61 It often pierced my 60 THE PLAGUE IN LONDON .
... river , if they were not stopped by the watchmen , or other officers , and plunge them- selves into the water , wherever they found it . FRIGHTFUL STORIES AND ROBBERIES . 61 It often pierced my 60 THE PLAGUE IN LONDON .
69. oldal
... river , and none at all went out ) , so all the extraordinary officers of the customs , likewise the watermen , carmen , porters , and all the poor whose labour depended upon the merchants , were at once dismissed , and put out of ...
... river , and none at all went out ) , so all the extraordinary officers of the customs , likewise the watermen , carmen , porters , and all the poor whose labour depended upon the merchants , were at once dismissed , and put out of ...
70. oldal
... river was in a man- ner without boats , and all or most part of the watermen , lightermen , boat - builders , and lighter - builders , in like manner idle , and laid by . 5. All families retrenched their living as much as possible , as ...
... river was in a man- ner without boats , and all or most part of the watermen , lightermen , boat - builders , and lighter - builders , in like manner idle , and laid by . 5. All families retrenched their living as much as possible , as ...
76. oldal
... office . In the middle of the yard lay a small leather purse , with two keys hanging at it , with money in it , but nobody would meddle with it . I asked how VISIT TO THE RIVER SIDE AND BLACKWALL . 77 long 76 THE PLAGUE IN LONDON .
... office . In the middle of the yard lay a small leather purse , with two keys hanging at it , with money in it , but nobody would meddle with it . I asked how VISIT TO THE RIVER SIDE AND BLACKWALL . 77 long 76 THE PLAGUE IN LONDON .
77. oldal
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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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.