| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 360 pages
...the hottest day he had ever felt in his life. And then he adds the words of ill omen : " 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 for me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw." Not... | |
| David Henry Montgomery - 1890 - 462 pages
...beginning of the plague: " The 7th of June, 1665, was the hottest day I ever felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses with a red cross upon the door, and ' Lord have mercy upon us ' writ there, which was a sad sight."... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 594 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1894 - 436 pages
...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 pages
...doores . vjd"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...the doors, and 'Lord have mercy upon us ' writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the I i r- i. of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw."5... | |
| 1894 - 1008 pages
...days to come are foreshadowed in one of the closing entries : " This day, much against my will, I did see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon...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." The... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 392 pages
...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 - 396 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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