 The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and "Lord have mercy upon us !" writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first...  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 141geredigeerd door - 1913Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 594 pagina’s
...Drury Lane was one of the earliest places visited by the plague of 1665. June 7, 1665. — This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us !" writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw. — Pepys.... | |
 | Rose Fuller Whistler - 1892 - 198 pagina’s
...prospect." Pepys writes more fully : June 7, 1665. "The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...doors, and ' Lord, have mercy upon us ' writ there ; a sad sight, being the first of the kind I ever saw." June 21. " I find all the town almost going... | |
 | David Masson - 1880 - 874 pagina’s
...terrific fidelity. On June 7 he had written : " The hottest day that ever I felt in " my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury " Lane see two...doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us ' writ there." Again, on June 29, " To Whitehall, where the Court full of " waggons and people ready to go out of... | |
 | Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright - 1894 - 248 pagina’s
...exceedingly, through the greatness of the heat. Then despairing of her coming home, I to bed. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...the doors, and "Lord have mercy upon us" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1894 - 436 pagina’s
...records with a thrill of alarm, which somehow reaches us at this distance through his words: ' This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us," writ there, which was a sad sight.' . . . That terrible visitation of the plague, of which we have so many distinct... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1894 - 528 pagina’s
...doores . vj d " 4 And at a later date, during the Great Plague of London, Pepys noted:— "June 7, 1665. I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked...doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us' writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw." 6 When... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 396 pagina’s
...by all other people the hottest they ever knew in England in the beginning of June. . . . This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...the doors, and 'Lord have mercy upon us' writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 392 pagina’s
...by all other people the hottest they ever knew in England in the beginning of June. . . . This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...the doors, and 'Lord have mercy upon us' writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 394 pagina’s
...by all other people the hottest they ever knew in England in the beginning of June. . . . This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us ' writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 342 pagina’s
...-jth. — The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drur? Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross...doors, and ' Lord, have mercy upon us,' writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw." " June... | |
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