The History of the Great Plague in London, in the Year 1665: Containing, Observations and Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, Both Public and Private, that Happened During that Dreadful Period |
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... Poor , the Distemper found more to prey upon than in the City , as I fhall obferve after- ward ; we perceiv'd I fay , the Diftemper to draw our Way ; ( viz . ) . by the Parishes of Clerken - well , C Crip- Cripplegate , Shoreditch , and ...
... Poor , the Distemper found more to prey upon than in the City , as I fhall obferve after- ward ; we perceiv'd I fay , the Diftemper to draw our Way ; ( viz . ) . by the Parishes of Clerken - well , C Crip- Cripplegate , Shoreditch , and ...
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... poor People , who depended upon their Labour . And I remember in particular , that in a Representation to my Lord Mayor , of the Condition of the Poor , it was estimated , that , there were no lefs than an Hundred Thoufand Ribband ...
... poor People , who depended upon their Labour . And I remember in particular , that in a Representation to my Lord Mayor , of the Condition of the Poor , it was estimated , that , there were no lefs than an Hundred Thoufand Ribband ...
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... Poor Robin's Almanack and the like ; alfo feveral pretended religious Books ; one entitled , Come out of her my People , leaft you be partaker of her Plagues ; another call'd , Fair Warn- ing ; another , Britain's Remembrancer , and ...
... Poor Robin's Almanack and the like ; alfo feveral pretended religious Books ; one entitled , Come out of her my People , leaft you be partaker of her Plagues ; another call'd , Fair Warn- ing ; another , Britain's Remembrancer , and ...
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... poor naked Creature cry'd , O ! the Great , and the Dreadful God ! and faid no more , but repeated thofe Words continually , with a Voice and Countenance full of Horror , a swift Pace , and no Body cou'd ever find him to ftop , or rest ...
... poor naked Creature cry'd , O ! the Great , and the Dreadful God ! and faid no more , but repeated thofe Words continually , with a Voice and Countenance full of Horror , a swift Pace , and no Body cou'd ever find him to ftop , or rest ...
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... poor terrify'd People furnish'd them with Matter to work upon . So Hypocondriac Fancies reprefent Ships , Armies , Battles , in the Firmament ; Till fteady Eyes , the Exhalations folve , And all to its firft Matter , Cloud , refolve . I ...
... poor terrify'd People furnish'd them with Matter to work upon . So Hypocondriac Fancies reprefent Ships , Armies , Battles , in the Firmament ; Till fteady Eyes , the Exhalations folve , And all to its firft Matter , Cloud , refolve . I ...
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Page 218 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 122 - I had happened on a man that was no hypocrite, but a serious, religious, good man : and his ejaculation was an expression of thankfulness, that in such a condition as he was in, he should be able to say his family did not want. Well, says I, honest man, that is a great mercy, as things go now with the poor.
Page 25 - The apprehensions of the people were likewise strangely increased by the error of the times, in which, I think, the people, from what principle I cannot imagine, were more addicted to prophecies and astrological conjurations, dreams, and old wives' tales than ever they were before or since. Whether this unhappy temper was originally raised by the follies of some people who got money by it, that is to say, by printing predictions and prognostications, I know not...
Page 59 - ... were called, put her into the cart, wrapped only in a green rug, and carried her away. The watchman had knocked at the door, it seems, when he heard that noise and crying, as above, and nobody answered a great while, but at last one looked out, and said, with an angry quick tone, and yet a kind of crying voice, or a voice of one that was crying, What d'ye want, that you make such a knocking?
Page 125 - God had moved the heart of a stranger, upon hearing their condition, to give them all that money, and a great deal more such as that he said to her. The woman, too, made signs of the like thankfulness, as well to Heaven as to me, and joyfully picked it up; and I parted with no money all that year that I thought better bestowed.
Page 71 - ... the plague was long a-coming to our parish, yet, when it did come, there was no parish in or about London where it raged with such violence as in the two parishes of Aldgate and Whitechapel.
Page 73 - ... perhaps it might be an instructing sight, that might not be without its uses. Nay...
Page 125 - God will never forsake a family that trust in him as thou dost : so I gave him four other shillings, and bid him go lay them on the stone, and call his wife. I have not words to express the poor man's thankfulness, neither could he express it himself, but by tears running down his face. He called his wife, and told her God had moved the heart of a stranger, upon hearing their condition, to give them all that money ; and a great deal more such as that he said to her.
Page 123 - I have gotten four shillings," said he, "which is a great sum, as things go now with poor men; but they have given me a bag of bread too, and a salt fish and some flesh; so all helps out.
Page 123 - Why, as to that, said he, I very seldom go up the ship side, but deliver what I bring to their boat, or lie by the side and they hoist it on board : if I did, I think they are in no danger from me, for I never go into any house on shore, or touch anybody, no, not of my own family ; but I fetch provisions for them.