 Everybody endeavouring to remove their goods, and flinging into the river or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering from one...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Side 2361825Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Esther Singleton - 1902 - 464 sider
...but there was a pair of virginals in it." Pepys's observing eye noticed also that the " poor pigeons were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies till they burned their wings and fell down." In the afternoon Pepys is on the " water again,... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1903 - 584 sider
...the river or bringing them into lighters that lay off: poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...houses, but hovered about the windows and balconys till some of them burr.eJ their wings and fell down. Having staid, and in an hour's time seen the fire ra"t:... | |
 | William Peacock - 1903 - 408 sider
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies, till they burned their wings, and fell down. Having stayed, and in an hour's time seen the... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 sider
...and hurry of folk bringing their goods out of doors : Poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies, till they burned their wings, and fell down. ... At last met my Lord Mayor in Fanning Street,... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1905 - 860 sider
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as patches, because of pimples about her mouth ; naked-necked,... D τ 0 "2 1905 Macmill loath to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies, till they burned their wings,... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1908 - 830 sider
...the river or bringing them onto lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...another. And among other things, the poor pigeons, I perceived, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies till some of... | |
 | Esther Meynell - 1909 - 396 sider
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them and then running into...boats, or clambering from one pair of stairs by the water side to another." With that eye for detail which renders his Diary so rich, he noticed how even... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1910 - 482 sider
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but 1 hovered about the windows and balconys, till they burned their wings and fell down. Having staid,... | |
 | P. Meadows - 1914 - 290 sider
...the river or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in the houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...boats, or clambering from one pair of stairs by the water side to another. And among other things, the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 468 sider
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...pair of stairs by the waterside to another. And among [230 other things, the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about... | |
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