...afternoon ot this day to the Bankside in Southwark, to see the conflagration. "It was," he Bays, "so universal, and the people so astonished, that from...there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentations, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their...

...remedy to apply, nor the magistrates what orders to give." Evelyn remarks : " The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from...such a strange consternation there was upon them." The conflagration, which at first took an easterly direction, proceeded so rapidly, that to prevent...

...remedy to apply, nor the magistrates what orders to give." Evelyn remarks : " The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondeney or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or scen but...

...been up all night." Evelyn also thus vividly describes the Great Fire : " The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished that, from...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...

...scaffolds contributed exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonish'd, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirr'd to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or scene but crying out and lamentation, running...

...swift, and fiery, as was the conflagration.'' Evelyn says of the fire : " The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from...save even their goods, such a strange consternation was upon them; so that it burned, both in breadth and length, the churches, publick halls, exchange,...

...hold of St Paul's church, to which the scaffolds contributed exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from...distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save eren their own goods ; such a strange consternation was there upon them, so as it burned, both in breadth...

...scaffolds contributed exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonish' d, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirr'd to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seene but crying out and lamentation, running...

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...hold ' of S. Paul's Church, to which the scaffolds contributed ' exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and ' the people so astonished, that, from the beginning, I ' know not, but from what despondency, or fate, they ' hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing '...