A Book about London: Its Memorable Places, Its Men and Women, and Its Historical and Literary AssociationsHenry & Company, 1890 - 350 Seiten |
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... these terrible conditions . The sick were left to suffer and die unattended ; even the ministers of religion , with too few exceptions , took fright at the red cross . " London , " says Defoe , " THE STORY OF THE GREAT PLAGUE . 15.
... these terrible conditions . The sick were left to suffer and die unattended ; even the ministers of religion , with too few exceptions , took fright at the red cross . " London , " says Defoe , " THE STORY OF THE GREAT PLAGUE . 15.
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... the butcher's hands , but took it off the hooks themselves . On the other hand , the butcher would not touch their money , but required them to drop it into a jar of vinegar which he 2 THE STORY OF THE GREAT PLAGUE . 17.
... the butcher's hands , but took it off the hooks themselves . On the other hand , the butcher would not touch their money , but required them to drop it into a jar of vinegar which he 2 THE STORY OF THE GREAT PLAGUE . 17.
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... took care to carry small coins to make up any odd sum , that they might be under no necessity of taking change . In their hands were bottles filled with scents and perfumes , and every other precaution was em- ployed against infection ...
... took care to carry small coins to make up any odd sum , that they might be under no necessity of taking change . In their hands were bottles filled with scents and perfumes , and every other precaution was em- ployed against infection ...
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... took them up with the instruments they used , and threw them into the cart , and all this while the piper slept soundly . From hence they passed along , and took in other dead bodies , till , as honest John Hayward told me , they almost ...
... took them up with the instruments they used , and threw them into the cart , and all this while the piper slept soundly . From hence they passed along , and took in other dead bodies , till , as honest John Hayward told me , they almost ...
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... took the flames from the sides of his column , and placed them on its top , in a kind of glorified bunch . The Monument was erected between 1676 and 1677 , at an expense of about £ 14,500 , and forms an elegant fluted column of stone ...
... took the flames from the sides of his column , and placed them on its top , in a kind of glorified bunch . The Monument was erected between 1676 and 1677 , at an expense of about £ 14,500 , and forms an elegant fluted column of stone ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 77 - ... was the Duke of York, and the company squeezed themselves into one another's pockets to make room for us. The house, which is borrowed, and to which the ghost has adjourned, is wretchedly small and miserable. When we opened the chamber, in which were fifty people, with no light, but one...
Seite 212 - I pray you all, good Christian people, to bear me witness that I die a true Christian woman, and that I do look to be saved by no other mean, but only by the mercy of God, in the blood of his only Son Jesus Christ...
Seite 34 - Smithfield, where I had many wounded and sick men, made me the more diligent to promote it, nor was my care for the Savoy less. It now pleased God...
Seite 13 - This day, much against my will, I did - in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us!" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw.
Seite 235 - I dare look death in the face, and I hope the people too. Have you a care that I do not escape, and I care not how I die, whether by the hand of the executioner or the madness and fury of the people. If that may give them contentment it is all one to me.
Seite 273 - ... three buttered muffins for breakfast, before shooting himself, knowing that he should not be troubled with indigestion : he had two charged pistols ; one was found lying charged upon the table by him, after he had shot himself with the other.
Seite 113 - Then we all ran, when the Court gates were set open, and no man did hinder us from coming in. There we...
Seite 330 - In order to keep up the credit of our house, I have forged powers of attorney for the above sums and parties, and sold out to the amount here stated, and without the knowledge of my partners. I kept up the payment of the dividends, but made no entries of such payments in our books.
Seite 145 - Wryneck swore she should be married, or if she would not, he would still have his fee, and register the marriage from that night. The lady, finding she could not escape without money or a pledge, told them she liked the gentleman so well she would certainly meet him to-morrow night, and gave them a ring as a pledge, which, says she...
Seite 33 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above ten thousand 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...