Life in English Literature: An Introduction for Beginners, Volumes 1-3Methuen, 1949 - 535 pages |
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Page 234
... Fire of 1666 and the plague of the year before . Their accounts of the Fire give only too vivid an idea of its terror . This is Evelyn's : — " This fatal night about ten , began that deplorable fire near Fish Street in London . " I had ...
... Fire of 1666 and the plague of the year before . Their accounts of the Fire give only too vivid an idea of its terror . This is Evelyn's : — " This fatal night about ten , began that deplorable fire near Fish Street in London . " I had ...
Page 237
... fire not so much as it was , and further off . So to my closet to set things to rights , after yester- day's cleaning . " When he sees how serious it is , he goes out , with his heart " full of trouble " to think what may have happened ...
... fire not so much as it was , and further off . So to my closet to set things to rights , after yester- day's cleaning . " When he sees how serious it is , he goes out , with his heart " full of trouble " to think what may have happened ...
Page 238
... fire rage every way ; and nobody , to my sight , endeavouring to quench it , but to remove their goods , and leave all to the fire ; and , having seen it get as far as the Steele - yard , and the wind mighty high , and driving it into ...
... fire rage every way ; and nobody , to my sight , endeavouring to quench it , but to remove their goods , and leave all to the fire ; and , having seen it get as far as the Steele - yard , and the wind mighty high , and driving it into ...
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