 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...quieting the minds of the people ; who publicly exclaimed, as he passed through the ruined streets, " If his Grace had been there, the city would not have been burnt." The daring enterprise likewise of the Dutch in 1667, in sailing up the Thames and burning the ships... | |
 | James Mitchell - 1823 - 654 pages
...capital in ashes ; and so dear was he to (he people, that when he passed «long, they cried out, " If his Grace had been there, the city would not have been burned." He died Jan. 3, 1669-70, and was buried in Westminster Ahbey. By his duchess, who survived... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 pages
...expedition against Í the people, that when he passed along; they 652 HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. cried out, •' If his grace had been there, the city would not have been burned." He died Jan. 3d, 1C70, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. By his duchess, who survived him... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - 1890 - 736 pages
...the capital In ashes; and so dear was he to the people, that when he passed along, they cried out, 'If his Grace had been there the city would not have been burned.' He died 3 January, 1669-70, and" was buried in Westminster Abbey. By his duchess, who survived... | |
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Trump, in a tremendous battle, which lasted three days. The duke had scarcely returned into port before he was called to London, in consequence of the dreadful fire which laid the greatest part of the capital In ashes; and so dear was he to the people,... 