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He was also on the Commission for the repair of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , whose
labours were rendered unnecessary by the destruction of the Cathedral in the
Great Fire of 1666 . In the same year we find him engaged on a Commission for ...
He was also on the Commission for the repair of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , whose
labours were rendered unnecessary by the destruction of the Cathedral in the
Great Fire of 1666 . In the same year we find him engaged on a Commission for ...
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... many houses , innumerable chimneys ( amongst others that of my parlour at
Sayes Court ) , and made such havoc at land and sea , that several perished on
both . Divers lamentable fires were also kindled at this time ; so exceedingly was
...
... many houses , innumerable chimneys ( amongst others that of my parlour at
Sayes Court ) , and made such havoc at land and sea , that several perished on
both . Divers lamentable fires were also kindled at this time ; so exceedingly was
...
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While the kingdom was thus convulsed by the combined shocks of war and
pestilence , another affliction befell it : the destruction by fire of a great portion of
its capital . We turn to the Diary of Mr . Evelyn , and under the date of “ Sunday ...
While the kingdom was thus convulsed by the combined shocks of war and
pestilence , another affliction befell it : the destruction by fire of a great portion of
its capital . We turn to the Diary of Mr . Evelyn , and under the date of “ Sunday ...
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The fire continuing , after dinner I took coach with my wife and son , and went to
the Bankside in Southwark , where we beheld that dismal spectacle , the whole
city in dreadful flames near the water side ; all the houses from the Bridge , all ...
The fire continuing , after dinner I took coach with my wife and son , and went to
the Bankside in Southwark , where we beheld that dismal spectacle , the whole
city in dreadful flames near the water side ; all the houses from the Bridge , all ...
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and prepared the materials to receive the fire , which devoured after an incredible
manner , houses , furniture , and everything . Here we saw the Thames covered
with goods floating , all the barges and boats laden with what some had time ...
and prepared the materials to receive the fire , which devoured after an incredible
manner , houses , furniture , and everything . Here we saw the Thames covered
with goods floating , all the barges and boats laden with what some had time ...
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Seite 260 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant and stay till the storm was over ; and then...
Seite 352 - Richard, Richard, dost thou think we will let thee poison the court ? Richard, thou art an old knave. Thou hast written books enough to load a cart, and every book as full of sedition as an egg is full of meat. By the grace of God, I'll look after thee. I see a great many of your brotherhood waiting to know what will befall their mighty Don. And there," he continued, fixing his savage eye on Bates, "there is a Doctor of the party at your elbow.
Seite 89 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Seite 100 - t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field.
Seite 84 - Him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon, i with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of...
Seite 336 - Forgive, me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Seite 260 - ... and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below. So is the prayer of a good man...
Seite 412 - To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Seite 207 - Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes^ So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.
Seite 30 - BO •universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, 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...
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| Titel | The Merry Monarch |
| Autor/in | W. H. Davenport Adams |
| Veröffentlicht | 1885 |
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