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Page 120
... fire they saw in the city . So I rose and went to her window , and thought it to be on the back side of Mark Lane at the farthest ; but being unused to such fires as followed , I thought it far enough off , and so went to bed again ...
... fire they saw in the city . So I rose and went to her window , and thought it to be on the back side of Mark Lane at the farthest ; but being unused to such fires as followed , I thought it far enough off , and so went to bed again ...
Page 121
... fire rage every way ; and nobody , to my sight , endeavouring to quench it , but to remove their goods , and leave all to the fire ; and having seen it get as far as the Steel - yard , and the wind mighty high , and driving into the ...
... fire rage every way ; and nobody , to my sight , endeavouring to quench it , but to remove their goods , and leave all to the fire ; and having seen it get as far as the Steel - yard , and the wind mighty high , and driving into the ...
Page 122
... fire up and down , it still increasing and the wind great . So near the fire as we could for smoke ; and all over the Thames , with one's faces in the wind , you were almost burned with a shower of fire - drops . This is very true : so ...
... fire up and down , it still increasing and the wind great . So near the fire as we could for smoke ; and all over the Thames , with one's faces in the wind , you were almost burned with a shower of fire - drops . This is very true : so ...
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