The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Other Parts Adjacent, 1. kötetG. Virtue, 1839 |
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2. oldal
... city of London , before Rome , " & c . This memorial is among the records kept in the Tower . But dismissing this fable , it will appear that the Britons had formed towns , and that to them must be ascribed the foundation of London ...
... city of London , before Rome , " & c . This memorial is among the records kept in the Tower . But dismissing this fable , it will appear that the Britons had formed towns , and that to them must be ascribed the foundation of London ...
40. oldal
... city twice within the ensuing twenty years , and massacred numbers of its inhabitants . The first time of their obtaining possession was in 839 , when they committed , says Rapin , unheard - of cruelties , sacking the city , and murder ...
... city twice within the ensuing twenty years , and massacred numbers of its inhabitants . The first time of their obtaining possession was in 839 , when they committed , says Rapin , unheard - of cruelties , sacking the city , and murder ...
47. oldal
... London , which alone raised eleven thousand pounds of the whole sum . Whereby is shewn the great opulency of this city at that time ; for if we may reckon the riches thereof upon the foot of this subsidy , it must have been pos- sessed ...
... London , which alone raised eleven thousand pounds of the whole sum . Whereby is shewn the great opulency of this city at that time ; for if we may reckon the riches thereof upon the foot of this subsidy , it must have been pos- sessed ...
49. oldal
... London , proposed to the citizens the setting up of Edgar Athel- ing for ... city to the conqueror , lest they should by resistance exasperate him to ... London , and arriving in Southwark , was attacked by the citizens , who were ...
... London , proposed to the citizens the setting up of Edgar Athel- ing for ... city to the conqueror , lest they should by resistance exasperate him to ... London , and arriving in Southwark , was attacked by the citizens , who were ...
53. oldal
... London are particularly noticed . The contents of it are as follows ... London , to hold Middlesex to farm for 300l . , upon account to them and their heirs ... city ; and none shall lodge within the walls , neither of my houshold , nor ...
... London are particularly noticed . The contents of it are as follows ... London , to hold Middlesex to farm for 300l . , upon account to them and their heirs ... city ; and none shall lodge within the walls , neither of my houshold , nor ...
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420. oldal - We staid till, it being darkish, we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep to see it. The churches, houses, and all on fire, and flaming at once; and a horrid noise the flames made, and the cracking of houses at their ruine. So home with a sad heart...
418. oldal - So I was called for, and did tell the King and Duke of York what I saw; and that, unless his Majesty did command houses to be pulled down, nothing could stop the fire. They seemed much troubled, and the King commanded me to go to my Lord Mayor from him, and command him to spare no houses, but to pull down before the fire every way.
413. oldal - I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them...
417. oldal - ... ready to perish for hunger and destitution, yet not asking one penny for relief, which to me appeared a stranger sight than any I had yet beheld.
419. oldal - Soon as dined, I and Moone away, and walked through the city ; the streets full of nothing but people, and horses and carts loaden with goods, ready to run over one another, and removing goods from one burned house to another.
417. oldal - His majesty and council indeede tooke all imaginable care for their reliefe by proclamation for the country to come in and refresh them with provisions. In the midst of all this calamity and confusion, there was, I know not how, an alarme begun, that the French...
419. oldal - Bridge at the waterside; but little was or could be done, the fire coming upon them so fast. Good hopes there was of stopping it at the Three Cranes above, and at Buttulph's Wharf below Bridge, if care be used ; but the wind carries it into the City, so as we know not, by the waterside, what it do there.
424. oldal - ... the streets, but I went with the men, and we did put it out in a little time; so that that was well again. It was pretty to see how hard the women did work in the cannells, sweeping of water; but then they would scold for drink, and be as drunk as devils.
413. oldal - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches...
415. oldal - In this calamitous condition I returned with a sad heart to my house, blessing and adoring the mercy of God to me and mine, who in the midst of all this ruin was like Lot, in my little Zoar, safe and sound.