Diary of Samuel Pepys: F. R. S., Secretary to the Admiralty Inthe Reigns of Charles II & James II. The Diary Deciphered, Volume 2J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1906 |
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... fire - ships ; at last , being utterly disabled , and few of her men remaining unhurt , was , by a third , unfortunately set on fire . But he ( though he swome well ) neglected to save himselfe , as some did , and out of perfect love to ...
... fire - ships ; at last , being utterly disabled , and few of her men remaining unhurt , was , by a third , unfortunately set on fire . But he ( though he swome well ) neglected to save himselfe , as some did , and out of perfect love to ...
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... fire- ships , one after another , got two of them off , and disabled the third ; was set on fire himself ; upon which many of his men leapt into the sea and perished ; among others , the parson first . Have lost above 100 men , and a ...
... fire- ships , one after another , got two of them off , and disabled the third ; was set on fire himself ; upon which many of his men leapt into the sea and perished ; among others , the parson first . Have lost above 100 men , and a ...
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... fire - ships , did at the end of the day fire a ship of 70 guns . We were also so overtaken with this good news , that the Duke ran with it to the King , who was gone to chapel , and there all the Court was in a hubbub , being rejoiced ...
... fire - ships , did at the end of the day fire a ship of 70 guns . We were also so overtaken with this good news , that the Duke ran with it to the King , who was gone to chapel , and there all the Court was in a hubbub , being rejoiced ...
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... fire - ships , and four or five of the enemy's ; but says that two or three of our great ships were in danger of being fired by our fire - ships , which Sir W. Coventry and I cannot understand . But , upon the whole , he and I walked ...
... fire - ships , and four or five of the enemy's ; but says that two or three of our great ships were in danger of being fired by our fire - ships , which Sir W. Coventry and I cannot understand . But , upon the whole , he and I walked ...
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... fire and boys expected us , and her son had provided abundance of serpents and rockets ; and there mighty merry , my Lady Pen and Pegg going thither with us , and Nan Wright , till about twelve at night , flinging our fireworks , and ...
... fire and boys expected us , and her son had provided abundance of serpents and rockets ; and there mighty merry , my Lady Pen and Pegg going thither with us , and Nan Wright , till about twelve at night , flinging our fireworks , and ...
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Page 88 - 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 pair of stairs by the water-side to another.
Page 88 - So I was called for, and did tell the King and Duke of York what I saw, and that unless his Majesty did command houses to be pulled down nothing could stop the fire.
Page 78 - I took coach, having first discoursed with Mr. Hooke a little, whom we met in the streete, about the nature of sounds, and he did make me understand the nature of musicall sounds made by strings, mighty prettily; and told me that having come to a certain number of vibrations proper to make any tone, he is able to tell how many strokes a fly makes with her wings (those flies that hum in their flying) by the note that it answers to in musique during their flying. That, I suppose, is a little too much...
Page 89 - That he needed no more soldiers; and that, for himself, he must go and refresh himself, having been up all night. So he left me, and I him, and walked home : seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as pitch and tar, in Thames Street; and warehouses of oyle, and wines, and brandy, and other things.
Page 88 - Steeple by which pretty Mrs. lives, and whereof my old schoolfellow Elborough is Parson, taken fire in the very top, and there burned till it fell down...
Page 277 - Home, and there find my wife making of tea ; a drink which Mr. Felling, the Potticary, tells her is good for her cold and defluxions.
Page 175 - Stewart, very fine, with her locks done up with puffes, as my wife calls them : and several other great ladies had their hair so, though I do not like it ; but my wife do mightily — but it is only because she sees it is the fashion.
Page 289 - And to the town, to the King's Head; and hear that my Lord Buckhurst and Nelly are lodged at the next house, and Sir Charles Sedley with them; and keep a merry house. Poor girl ! I pity her; but more the loss of her at the King's house.
Page 614 - I think, one of the weakest plays that ever I saw on the stage. This afternoon, before the play, I called with my wife at Dancre's,4 the great landscape-painter, by Mr.