 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 610 Seiten
...buildings. An eye-witness, John Evelyn, gives the following graphic description of what he beheld : " All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven. Ood grant that my eyes may never behold the like ; now seeing above ten thousand houses all in one... | |
 | John William Clayton - 1859 - 464 Seiten
...nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, and running about like distracted creatures. All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen for above forty miles round, for many nights. God grant that mine eyes may never behold the like, who... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1860 - 300 Seiten
...Exchange, the Guildhall, the Custom-house, and eightysix parish churches. Evelyn says in his Diary, " All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen for above forty miles around about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never see the like ! who... | |
 | Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - 354 Seiten
...conceive the fire, which devoured, after an incredible manner, houses, furniture, "ind everything. All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of...the light seen above forty miles for many nights." Onward with irresistible violence came the fire, and having consumed the neighbouring streets, seized... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 620 Seiten
...the foundation of it, nor can be outdone till the universal conflagration thereof. All the sky was of fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen above forty miles round about. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like ! The noise, cracking, and thunder of the... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 Seiten
...since the foundation of it, nor can be outdone till the universal conflagration there. All the skie was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen about 40 miles round about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1863 - 298 Seiten
...Exchange, the Guildhall, the Custom-house, and eightysix parish churches. Evelyn says in his Diary, " All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen for above forty miles around about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never see the like! who... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1864 - 374 Seiten
...seen the like since the foundation of it, nor to be outdone till the universal conflagration of it. All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen for above forty miles round about for many nights. Qod grant mine eyes may never see the like 1 who... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - 1865 - 748 Seiten
...precaution was neglected, and the flames extended with awful rapidity. " For miles around," says Evelyn, " all the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, the light seen above forty miles round about. Above ten thousand houses all in one flame ; the noise,... | |
 | Maria Webb - 1865 - 472 Seiten
...had not seen the like since the foundation of it, nor be outdone till the universal conflagration. All the sky was of a fiery aspect like the top of a burning oven, the light being seen above forty miles round about, for many nights. The poor inhabitants were dispersed... | |
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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... 
