| Richard Le Gallienne - 1923 - 366 Seiten
...handkcrcher about his neck. To the King's message he cried, like a fainting woman, "Lord, what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been...but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." People all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very... | |
| Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 396 Seiten
...hankercher about his neck. To the King's message, he cried like a fainting woman, "Lord! what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been...seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,... | |
| Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 Seiten
...handkercher about his neck. To the King's message he cried, like a fainting woman, "Lord! what can I The strong rending of boughs from the fire-tree,...over with gold dust divine, And the locust-flesh means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,... | |
| Lady Frances Parthenope Verney - 1925 - 602 Seiten
...handkercher about his neck, cried out like a fainting woman to the king's message — Lord what can I do, I am spent, people will not obey me, I have been...but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it I ' It was evident if the fire did not reach Chancery Lane ' before Thursday ' it would not be thanks... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1926 - 652 Seiten
...handkercher about his neck. To the King's message he cried, like a fainting woman, "Lord! what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been...seeing people all almost distracted; and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1926 - 1258 Seiten
...handkercher about his neck. To the King's message he cried, like a fainting woman, " Lord ! what can I do ? I am spent : people will not obey me. I have...seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,... | |
| Cyril Edward Robinson - 1928 - 966 Seiten
...Lord Mayor himself running about with a handkerchief round his neck, crying, "Lord, what can I do? The people will not obey me. I have been pulling down...but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." For five days the fire held the mastery. It was a terrible and majestic sight. Showers of "fire-balls,"... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1997 - 820 Seiten
...handkercher about his neck. To the King's message, he cried, like a fainting woman, 'Lord! what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been...refresh himself, having been up all night. So he left rne, and I him, and walked home; seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to... | |
| David Lambert - 1997 - 52 Seiten
...the fire spreading. But Pepys's diary claims the faint-hearted mayor simply cried: Lord! What can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been...but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.' Later that day, Pepys and his wife watched the fire from a boat: So near the fire as we could for smoke;... | |
| 1918 - 868 Seiten
...handkercher round his neck. To the king's message he cried, like a fainting woman, Lord! what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been...down houses but the fire overtakes us faster than tee can do it. (Auf die tätigkeit wird mit emphase hingewiesen: Ich habe ja häuser niedergerissen.)... | |
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